Are we smart enough to realize how smart animals are?

What was supposed to be a blissful, fun-filled weekend party deep in the English countryside takes a sinister turn in this mind-bending, psychological thriller by Ruth Ware.

Leonora, known to some as Lea and to others as Nora, is a crime writer who works in isolation, but she is unwilling to leave her apartment, which she has made her nest, unless it is absolutely necessary. But when a friend she hasn't seen or spoken to in years suddenly invites her to a weekend party at a strange glass house deep in the English countryside, Nora (Lea) reluctantly agrees to go on the trip. Forty-eight hours later, she wakes up in a hospital bed with her wounds, though still alive, and then she learns that someone has died. So she doesn't ask "What happened?" but "What did I do?", then Nora (Lea) tries to connect the events of the past weekend. And to uncover secrets, reveal motives, and find out the answers, Nora (Lea) must revisit parts of herself that she would much prefer to leave buried where they belong... in the past.

Like Paula Hawkins's instant New York Times bestseller The Girl on the Train and S.J. Watson's revered and nationally acclaimed Before I Go to Sleep, this debut novel by British author Ruth Ware will keep you on the edge of your seat from the very first moment.