Although Netflix’s The Woman in Cabin 10 failed to win over critics, its success on the streaming service proves that readers need to seek out the original book. It is vanishingly rare to find a true 10/10 thriller book . Even many great authors stumble at the final hurdle when it comes to penning a killer thriller.
Whether the twist is too predictable or too far fetched, a bad ending can often completely derail an otherwise promising thriller novel. Many near-miss 10/10 thriller books are ruined by one misjudged subplot, corny character, or bad ending, and this makes it increasingly hard to find a truly thrilling thriller that doesn’t let readers down in the end.
Fortunately, English author Ruth Ware has been steadily righting this wrong since 2015. The author’s mystery debut