Zero Days

Zero Days follows Jacintha “Jack” Cross, a professional penetration tester who breaks into corporate buildings for a living to expose security flaws. After a routine job goes sideways, Jack returns home to a nightmare: her husband and partner, Gabe, has been brutally killed at his computer.

As police questions tighten around her timeline—and evidence appears that paints her as the prime suspect—Jack goes on the run to prove her innocence. With no phone, no safe base, and her every move tracked, she must rely on the skills she used for paid security tests: social engineering, disguises, lockpicking, and infiltration. The deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes that Gabe didn’t die randomly—he discovered something worth killing for.

• Listeners who love high-stakes, fast-paced fugitives-on-the-run thrillers with constant reversals.
• Fans of modern techno-thrillers, hacking, surveillance, and social-engineering stories grounded in realistic tradecraft.
• Readers who enjoy emotionally driven mysteries where grief, betrayal, and survival collide.

Ruth Ware is a bestselling thriller author known for suspense-driven, character-focused mysteries and psychological tension. Her novels include In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Turn of the Key, One by One, The It Girl, and Zero Days.