We read the story entirely from the perspective of Hannah Jones-both during her freshman year at Oxford and in the present.

I find myself thinking about the novels more and especially in a mystery, wondering-who did it? What’s the Story About

But I don’t have the time to read a novel in one sitting with an 18-month-old who is always on the move! So I took my time with it and I’m actually really starting to enjoy the slower pace style of reading. It has that addictive, you have to know what’s about to happen, kind of feel. However, The It Girl is really well done! It’s a good combination of an interesting character study as well as a murder mystery.īefore becoming a mom, this is the type of novel I would have flown through and read in one sitting. I haven’t read much of her work, just One by One, which I thought was fine but didn’t really stand out to me. The Agatha Christie of our generation (David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author) proves once again that she is “as ingenious and indefatigable as the Queen of Crime” (The Washington Post) with this propulsive murder mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat.Ruth Ware is one of the most popular mystery and thriller writers out there today.

As Hannah reconnects with old friends and delves deeper into the mystery of April’s death, she realizes that the friends she thought she knew all have something to hide.including a murder. Relieved to have finally put the past behind her, Hannah’s world is rocked when a young journalist comes knocking and presents new evidence that Neville may have been innocent. Now, a decade later, Hannah and Will are expecting their first child, and the man convicted of killing April, former Oxford porter John Neville, has died in prison. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends - Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily - during their first term. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “claustrophobic spine-tingler” (People) One by One returns with an unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder.Īpril Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford.

The It Girl by Ruth Ware