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Nowhere to Run... Trapped by an Avalanche with a Murderer (One by One thriller REVIEW)

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Plenty of things sound like less fun than a week-long team-building trip with co-workers--root canals, watching paint dry, etc--but as far as “having-a-great-time-and-getting-away-from-work-crap” goes, it ranks way down the list.   Of course, when you picture one of those corporate morale-boosting retreats, it’s likely full of “trust-fall” games, goofy role-playing exercises, and rah-rah positivity talks. What probably never, ever, crosses your mind is a weekend in which the object is—literally—  just stay alive … which is precisely what one company trip becomes, in Ruth Ware’s latest thriller, One by One . _______________ A week at a small, boutique ski resort high in the French Alps, with a few work meetings penciled in around the hours allocated for skiing, snowboarding, and partying aprés ski in the cozy, private lodge (which also boasts both a live-in housekeeper and chef, to ensure all needs are met)…  sounds like a perfect bonding-and-work jaunt for an up-and coming British