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March 18, 2024
Bestseller Ware (Zero Days) fumbles a promising premise in this clever but slack closed-circle mystery. Biologist Lyla Santiago’s postdoc research on mosquito-borne illnesses hits a wall when inconsistencies in her colleague’s work threaten their grant funding. Rudderless, Lyla agrees to join her boyfriend, out-of-work actor Nico Reese, to film a reality TV competition called Ever After Island. On the Survivor-esque show, five couples complete in challenges on a remote island in the Indian Ocean and then vote to send one contestant home each week. Lyla plans to get eliminated quickly so she can return to London and sort out her future, leaving Nico behind to improve his career prospects. Her plan gets complicated, however, when a powerful storm sweeps across the island, isolating the contestants from the show’s production crew. When people start turning up dead, Lyla has to decide whom to trust, taking the traditional stakes of reality TV alliances to nerve-shredding new heights. Ware has plenty of fun with her Agatha Christie–esque setup, but she fails too whip up sufficient suspense—the plot’s resolution is simply too easy to crack. Readers will hope Ware returns to form next time out. Agent: Eve White, Eve White Literary.
September 13, 2024
After her postdoctoral research hits a snag, Lyla is feeling unmoored. Making matters worse, things with her boyfriend, aspiring actor Nico, aren't great either. When Nico is offered the chance to apply for the reality show One Perfect Couple, he talks Lyla into signing on. On a remote island in the Indian Ocean, the two will compete against four other couples: Bayer and Angel, Dan and Santana, Joel and Romi, and Conor and Zana. Almost as soon as they arrive, things begin to go wrong, and soon, an overnight storm leaves them stranded. Ware's (Zero Days) take on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None finds the contestants in a fight to the death--not only against the elements but against one another. Though the book maintains Ware's signature thriller style, it also delves into the thoughts and feelings of the characters, exploring their increasingly fraught relationships before, during, and after the storm. Imogen Church's narration ramps up the intensity, allowing listeners to hear the characters' transformation from innocent and hopeful to desperate to survive. VERDICT A tense fight for survival featuring multilayered characters and satisfyingly complex relationships. Ware's fans will be all in.--Elyssa Everling
Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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