Ruth Ware on isolation and claustrophobia in her latest psychological thriller 'The It Girl'

April Clarke-Cliveden is vivacious, bright, and occasionally vicious—the ultimate 'It' girl, She quickly pulled Hannah Jones into her dazzling orbit. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends—Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily. By the end of the year, April was dead. A decade later, Hannah and Will are expecting their first child, and the man convicted of killing April, former Oxford porter John Neville, has died in prison. Hannah’s world is rocked when a young journalist presents new evidence that Neville may have been innocent. As Hannah reconnects with old friends and delves deeper into the mystery of April’s death, she realises that the friends she thought she knew all have something to hide. In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to Ruth Ware about what it takes to be the 'It' Girl at an Oxford college, how exploring differences and divides can form the basis for great characters and settings, and why isolation and claustrophobia play such potent roles in her thrillers.