Woman in Suite 11

A Novel

De: Ruth Ware

Narrado por: Imogen Church

In this follow-up to #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware’s multi-million copy mega-hit The Woman in Cabin 10, Lo Blacklock returns to attend the opening of a luxury hotel, only to find herself in a white-knuckled race across Europe.

When the invitation to attend the press opening of a luxury Swiss hotel—owned by reclusive billionaire Marcus Leidmann—arrives, it’s like the answer to a prayer. Three years after the birth of her youngest child, Lo Blacklock is ready to reestablish her journalism career, but post-pandemic travel journalism is a very different landscape from the one she left ten years ago.

The chateau on the shores of Lake Geneva is everything Lo’s ever dreamed of, and she hopes she can snag an interview with Marcus. Unfortunately, he proves to be even more difficult to pin down than his reputation suggests. When Lo gets a late-night call asking her to come to Marcus’s hotel room, she agrees despite her own misgivings. She’s greeted, however, by a woman claiming to be Marcus’s mistress, and in life-or-death jeopardy.

What follows is a thrilling pursuit across Europe, forcing Lo to ask herself just how much she’s willing to sacrifice to save this woman…and if she can even trust her?

©2025 Ruth Ware (P)2025 Simon & Schuster Audio

Voices were hard to tolerate

the voices of the kids, while few and sprinkled were unbearable. I usually love this author/narrator combo but this was harsh

Loved it!

I should have re-read the woman in cabin 10 before this one, but because I needed to but I think I would have enjoyed it more if I remembered the story more precisely. Another great Ruth Ware read! I also adore Imogen Church and her voice/acting… and her “whiny child” voice was so good that I hated it, if that makes sense? But I am the person that fast forwards through babies crying in movies. Anyway, 5 stars!

Was amazingly done. My favorite.

I couldn’t stop listening to the story, smiling, frowning and feeling all the feels in this amazingly written and clever follow up story. I love the characters and all the little but big twists and was sad when the story ended. Must read

Main character is an idiot

Why does she write women that have no common sense? The book was unbearable and unbeleivable. I had to return it.

Not as good as the first

I was really looking forward to this one as I loved The Woman in Cabin 10. Sadly, it was not nearly as good. It was decent but there was a lot of filler. There was a ton of inner rambling that was unnecessary. Lo seemed so savvy in the first book but comes off as kind of dumb in this one. She seemed to make bad decision after bad decision. She also seemed to be crying every other minute and that is not the Lo I remember from the first book. This book was filled with too many irritating people. Lo's mother came off as annoying and ridiculous. So much time was wasted on the screeching children. To be fair, I am not a fan of audio books with dialogue between children and their parents. It always ends up sounding obnoxious and I spend my time fast forwarding through it. I definitely think there is a way to convey the love between a mother and her children without all of the dialog and whining. It takes your head out of the story when you hear crying, whining children in an audio book. Having said that, I really don't think it added much to the story. It actually made me feel like that's all her kids did and did not make me long for her to get home to them as quickly as she could. It seemed like something to add just to fill pages, and it was not needed. Other than that, it was fun to see a lot of the same characters from the first book. It would have been nice if there was less "family" stuff and more content surrounding the characters from Cabin 10. Not awful but certainly not her best.

Had it figured out immediately

Lo & Carrie are not Ware’s best characters. I really liked the development of their friendship, but otherwise find their stories predictable. This book felt lazy.

I usually LOVE when Imogen Church narrates. I’d listen to her reading me a dictionary! However, this time I found it all so grating. Kids literally screeching into my eardrums, a husband that talks so slowly I could’ve napped, and so on.

Not my favorite Ware book & Ive read them all.

Not her best

Unfortunately this one fell flat. The story did not do it for me and children’s voices were enough to make me stop listening several times. I wish I could say I loved it, because I love her earlier work, but this read as though the author ran out of her passion. Just meh.

Sadly I barely made it through this one

I liked that there were several plot twists. The narration was well done. But this story could have been told in half the time. It was so frustrating to hear every thought that Lo had, over and over and over….. you get the idea. I just lost interest.

Not right for Imogen

Overall the book was engaging if not as thrilling as the first one. I love Ruth ware! Normally I absolutely LOVE Imogen Church’s narration. Any time I hear her voice in a Ware novel I feel like I’m listening to an old friend tell a story. She has an incredible reading voice and excellent intonation. However, in this particular book, Judah and the kids were pretty unbearable to listen to. I was clinching my jaw every time they spoke haha. There was also a moment when Carrie used a California valley girl accent that was so so awful. I was like “do we really sound like that to British people? Now I get why they think American accents are annoying.” lol. Again, Imogen is excellent at every other voice in this book. But if you find bad American accents grating, I’d recommend reading rather than listening.

So Good!!!

Nice segue from 10 to 11. The writing is sharp, intense and the plot is captivating. Character development is strong and intriguing. I couldn’t wait to see what was going to happen next. Just know that there is no pause button on this roller coaster. One twisty turn after another. Loved listening to this one!

Imogen is so talented and gifted as a narrator. It’s easy to get lost in the characters as she gives them all their own unique voice and even accents. She fully brings RW’s words to life!!