Zero Days by Ruth Ware, 4 Stars

The New York Times bestselling “new Agatha Christie” (Air Mail) Ruth Ware returns with this adrenaline-fueled thriller that combines Mr. and Mrs. Smith with The Fugitive about a woman in a race against time to clear her name and find her husband’s murderer.

Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband, Gabe, are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. To add to her horror, the police are closing in on their suspect—her.

Suddenly on the run and quickly running out of options, Jack must decide who she can trust as she circles closer to the real killer in this unputdownable and heart-pounding mystery from an author whose “propulsive prose keeps readers on the hook and refuses to let anyone off until all has been revealed” (Shelf Awareness).

My Review:

Zero Days was a huge departure from the types of books that I’m used to from Ruth Ware. But that’s not a bad thing. Normally her books are eery and perhaps a bit spooky. This one was much more of a thriller. As in, our heroine, Jack, was on the run for most of the book.

Jack’s a certified badass. She tests out security systems to find the holes. So even her day job is a little like pulling off a bank heist every single time. And when one gig goes a little south, she’s detained for questioning and arrives home later than anticipated.

That’s not the problem. The problem is that when she arrives home, she finds that someone has murdered her husband. Now, she’s in a race against time to prove her own innocence and figure out who actually murdered her husband.

Zero Days is a page-turning thriller unlike Ruth’s normal books (which I LOVE). But that’s not a bad thing. Normally her books are eery and perhaps a bit spooky. This one was much more fast paced and I envisioned Jack being played by Jennifer Garner, you know, that badass version of Jennifer Garner.

Special thanks to Gallery Books and Netgalley for an advanced e-galley in exchange for my honest review. This one is out now.