Which means someone else is.įull of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth Ware's signature suspenseful style, The Turn of the Key is an unputdownable thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time.

If you thought you knew all about the haunted house genre, think again. Ware writes a modern retelling of the Henry James classic haunted house, ghost story with her own modern twist. But, she maintains, she's not guilty-at least not of murder. You would be totally right in connecting The Turn Of The Key with the cult classic novel, The Turn of The Screw. She admits that she lied to obtain the post, and that her behavior toward the children wasn't always ideal. It wasn't even the way she was left alone for weeks at a time, with no adults around apart from the enigmatic handyman, Jack Grant. It wasn't just the girls, who turned out to be a far cry from the immaculately behaved model children she met at her interview. It wasn't just the constant surveillance from the cameras installed around the house, or the malfunctioning technology that woke the household with booming music, or turned the lights off at the worst possible time. Writing to her lawyer from prison, she struggles to explain the unravelling events that led to her incarceration. What she doesn't know is that she's stepping into a nightmare-one that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten-by the luxurious 'smart' home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family.

But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss-a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. When she stumbles across the ad, she's looking for something else completely. Westaway comes Ruth Ware's highly anticipated fifth novel. It was a New York Times bestseller, a Sunday Times bestseller, and named Thriller of the Month by Waterstones. The book joined several others penned by Ware as both a critical and commercial success. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Lying Game, and The Death of Mrs. The Turn of the Key is a crime thriller published in 2019 by international best-selling author Judith Ware.

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