Audiobook Review: The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
The Woman in Suite 11
Series: Lo Blacklock #2
Author: Ruth Ware
Narrator: Imogen Church
Published: July 8, 2025
Audiobook: 15 hours 11 minutes
Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Listened To: December 5-16, 2025
Jessica’s Rating: 4 stars
Book Description:
In this follow-up to #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware’s multi-million copy mega-hit The Women in Cabin 10, Lo Blacklock returns to attend the opening of a luxury hotel, only to find herself in a white-knuckled race across Europe.
When the invitation to attend the press opening of a luxury Swiss hotel—owned by reclusive billionaire Marcus Leidmann—arrives, it’s like the answer to a prayer. Three years after the birth of her youngest child, Lo Blacklock is ready to reestablish her journalism career, but post-pandemic travel journalism is a very different landscape from the one she left ten years ago.
The chateau on the shores of Lake Geneva is everything Lo’s ever dreamed of, and she hopes she can snag an interview with Marcus. Unfortunately, he proves to be even more difficult to pin down than his reputation suggests. When Lo gets a late-night call asking her to come to Marcus’s hotel room, she agrees despite her own misgivings. She’s greeted, however, by a woman claiming to be Marcus’s mistress, and in life-or-death jeopardy.
What follows is a thrilling cat-and-mouse pursuit across Europe, forcing Lo to ask herself just how much she’s willing to sacrifice to save this woman…and if she can even trust her?
Jessica’s Review:
It’s been ten years since her ‘adventure’ on the Aurora and Lo Blacklock is back! The Woman in Suite 11 is Ruth Ware’s first sequel and it was written because fans wanted it. Did we need it, no, but I did enjoy it. It had been nine years since I listened to Cabin 10, so I went for a re-read before I listened to Suite 11.
In addition to the time having passed, Lo is now married with children. She receives an invite to the opening of a new luxury hotel which she takes up. She would like to revive her career and this invite might just be the way to do it.
When Lo arrives at the hotel it is a sort of reunion of folks who were on the Aurora ten years ago. Now, has Lo learned anything from her last adventure ten years ago? Apparently NOT! Lo makes one bad decision after another and gets herself into quite the cat and mouse game across Europe. My thoughts became ‘here we go again’ with every bad decision Lo made. But she had her own reasoning why each decision would work. It’s a bit crazy, but I did enjoy the ride despite rolling my eyes with every decision Lo made. I mean, how trusting can one person be?
Despite the craziness that occurs throughout the novel, I did enjoy it. And Anything Ruth Ware writes I will listen to! And of course, Imogen Church returns as narrator! I can’t really see anymore adventures occurring with Lo, how much more can one woman go through?