{"product_id":"one-perfect-couple-9781668025598","title":"One Perfect Couple","description":"\u003cb\u003eHarkening to Agatha Christie's classic \u003ci\u003eAnd Then There Were None\u003c\/i\u003e, this high-tension thriller follows five couples trapped on a storm-swept island as a killer stalks among them--from Ruth Ware, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author who \"is turning out to be as ingenious and indefatigable as the Queen of Crime\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she's pretty sure they won't extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren't going great. When the opportunity arises for Nico to join the cast of a new reality TV show, \u003ci\u003eOne Perfect Couple\u003c\/i\u003e, she agrees to try out with him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA whirlwind audition process later, Lyla finds herself whisked off to a tropical paradise with Nico, boating through the Indian Ocean towards Ever After Island, where the two of them will compete against four other couples--Bayer and Angel, Dan and Santana, Joel and Romi, and Conor and Zana--in order to win a cash prize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut not long after they arrive on the deserted island, things start to go wrong. After the first challenge leaves everyone rattled and angry, an overnight storm takes matters from bad to worse. Cut off from the mainland by miles of ocean, deprived of their phones, and unable to contact the crew that brought them there, the group must band together for survival. As tensions run high and fresh water runs low, Lyla finds that this game show is all too real--and the stakes are life or death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuth Ware worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a teacher of English as a foreign language, and a press officer before settling down as a full-time writer. She now lives with her family in Sussex, on the south coast of England. She is the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail \u003c\/i\u003e(Toronto) bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eIn a Dark, Dark Wood\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in Cabin 10\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Lying Game\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Mrs. Westaway\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Turn of the Key\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOne by One\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe It Girl\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eZero Days; One Perfect Couple; and The Woman in Suite 11\u003c\/i\u003e. Visit her at RuthWare.com or follow her on socials @RuthWareWriter.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gallery\/Scout Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50568931770642,"sku":"9781668025598","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c286ad8c-712d-4208-8c65-ace3ad2ac75f.jpg?v=1748730311","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/one-perfect-couple-9781668025598","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}