One Perfect Couple

Five beautiful couples.
One deadly game.
Who will escape alive?

One Perfect Couple introduces us to Lyla Santiago, who has spent months working on a research project that could be the key to securing a permanent job in her field. So, she can’t really drop everything to go to a desert island with her actor boyfriend Nico to film the reality TV show One Perfect Couple, which Nico is sure will lead to his big break – can she?

Two weeks later, Lyla finds herself boarding a boat to an isolated luxury resort in the Indian Ocean. The rules of the game are simple. Ten strangers have to survive together on the island, and the last couple standing scoops the prize. There will be sun, sea, laughs, and plenty of flirting. What could possibly go wrong?

But when a huge tropical storm cuts them off from everything, the group must band together. As tensions run high and fresh water runs low, Lyla realises that someone is playing this game for real – and they'll stop at nothing to win.

Ten might have arrived, but who will survive to the end?

Praise for Ruth Ware:

‘A rocket ride that will satisfy the biggest thriller addicts out there’ DAVID BALDACCI

'Deliciously dark and utterly addictive' LUCY FOLEY

‘A breathless action thriller which packs an emotional punch’ CLARE MACKINTOSH

‘Hits the ground running and doesn’t let up till the last chapter’ ERIN KELLY

'A cracking read – and that ending!' SHARI LAPENA

'Every Ruth Ware novel is a unique and unexpected gem and this one is no exception. A heady, tense, slowburn dream of a book, multi-layered and steeped in atmosphere and peril. I loved every page' LISA JEWELL

'Absolutely brilliant murder mystery - seamless, flawless, perfectly clued and utterly gripping' SOPHIE HANNAH

'Impeccably crafted and totally compulsive – you’ll be sad to reach the final page and realise you have to say goodbye' JP DELANEY

'Ruth Ware is in a league of her own' JACK JORDAN