The Woman in Cabin 10 is a thriller that boils the murder mystery down to its appealing essentials. There’s a protagonist, a journalist (played by Keira Knightley), haunted by her past. She becomes both emotionally and literally lost at sea aboard a posh yacht surrounded by the uber-rich. Class, per usual with the genre, plays a role – especially once The Woman in Cabin 10 goes overboard and everyone aboard tells Laura “Lo” Blacklock – an enticing twist! – no guest was staying in the titular cabin.

Mystery ensues, the plot thickens, and everyone – even Lo’s ex-boyfriend, a photographer unexpectedly on the boat trip (David Ajala) – is a suspect.

It’s a yarn in the truest sense of the word crafted by screenwriters Joe Schrapnel and Anna Waterhouse. The couple are no strangers to mystery,

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