Where Your Next Great Escape Begins
Here’s what we’re sipping, reading, and listening to this month
Mark Your Calendar: Our March Book Club meets Sunday, March 29 at 5 p.m. PT
The Woman in Cabin 10 is a gripping psychological thriller that drops you into the uneasy world of Lo Blacklock, a travel journalist covering a luxury cruise in the North Sea. When a fellow passenger vanishes without a trace—and only Lo insists she saw it happen—she’s plunged into a claustrophobic mystery where nothing is quite as it seems. Full of sharp tension, unreliable memories, and escalating dread, this twisty, atmospheric ride keeps you guessing right up to the very last page.
The Book: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
The Wine: Petite Sirah from Ward Four Wines
For this month’s pairing, we’re matching The Woman in Cabin 10 with Ward Four Wines Petite Sirah 2023 and couldn’t be more delighted with how perfectly these two speak to each other. Ruth Ware’s signature thriller drops you into unsettling, suspense-soaked territory where the fog never quite lifts and nothing is as it seems. It’s a narrative full of tension, depth, and lingering questions that stick with you.
Petite Sirah, with its dark fruit, brooding structure, and bold character, is the ideal wine companion for that mood. It’s a wine that holds tension in the glass—rich blackberry and plum, peppery spice, and a firm backbone that keeps you anchored through every twist. The way this wine unfolds on the palate mirrors the pacing of the story itself: layered, mysterious, and incredibly satisfying.
Bonus: our friend and winemaker Justin at Ward Four is a huge Ruth Ware fan, and this bottle was practically made for this moment. It’s the kind of wine you sip slowly while unraveling a locked-room mystery. Together, they make a pairing that’s atmospheric, evocative, and impossible to put down, just like the book.
EXTRA BONUS! Justin is a wonderful human and she is giving us 15% off any purchase. Just use code NOVELPAIRING
Below Deck. Overboard. Adrift.
A luxury cruise. A missing woman. A story no one believes. This playlist for The Woman in Cabin 10 drifts through dark pop, indie tension, and icy late-night energy: capturing paranoia, power, and the feeling of being trapped at sea with something you can’t prove.
The Tunes
This is YOUR Space
This membership is your invitation to pause, unplug, and pour into yourself. Whether you come for the books, the wine, or the community, you’ll leave feeling a little lighter, a little more fulfilled—and ready to come back for more.