The Turn of the Key - Ruth Ware

The Turn of the Key

By Ruth Ware

  • Release Date: 2019-08-06
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4
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From 2,247 Ratings

Description

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“A superb suspense writer…Brava, Ruth Ware. I daresay even Henry James would be impressed.” —Maureen Corrigan, author of So We Read On

“This appropriately twisty Turn of the Screw update finds the Woman in Cabin 10 author in her most menacing mode, unfurling a shocking saga of murder and deception.” —Entertainment Weekly

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lying Game and The Death of Mrs. Westaway comes this thrilling novel that explores the dark side of technology.

When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss—a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. 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.

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.

Writing to her lawyer from prison, she struggles to explain the events that led to her incarceration. It wasn’t just the constant surveillance from the home’s cameras, or the malfunctioning technology that woke the household with booming music, or turned the lights off at the worst possible time. 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 even the way she was left alone for weeks at a time, with no adults around apart from the enigmatic handyman.

It was everything.

She knows she’s made mistakes. She admits that she lied to obtain the post, and that her behavior toward the children wasn’t always ideal. She’s not innocent, by any means. But, she maintains, she’s not guilty—at least not of murder—but somebody is.

Full 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.

Reviews

  • A story full of suspense!

    5
    By bobsbridget1
    I could not put this book down! What a series of twists and turns and a very surprising ending.
  • Great!

    5
    By jaira jai
    Awesome read
  • Formula babysitter scare

    2
    By Her Mine E.
    I rarely leave reviews, but this was just such a tired, overused plot with so many holes. The narrative was carelessly threaded together with supposed “letters” that went nowhere. I felt obligated to finish it because I paid for it. Never again. My time is worth something. Might be ok if you’re snowed in or camping or something.
  • Disappointed jjjjjj

    2
    By removerating
    The book started out interesting. However, lots of twist and turns that lead no where!!! I love surprise endings but this is a very weird and unfinished ending. I’ve read some other of this authors books and have enjoyed. Just not this one.
  • The Turn of the Key

    5
    By suemac78587
    Slow to start but Oh! The ending.
  • Nice Read

    4
    By Dani yellow
    Wow— I thought I had figured out the plot, but with all the twists and turns— I wasn’t expecting that 😉
  • Disappointing

    2
    By Missglam
    As a fan of Ruth Ware’s work, I was very disappointed in this book. There are so many loose ends, nothing is explained, and the ending is so weak. Not her best at all.
  • So Many Twists

    5
    By Ozcrome
    I really enjoyed this novel. However, there were so many twists that by the time the most significant twists were revealed, I had already suspended my sense of reality. Nevertheless, I truly enjoyed this book.
  • The Ending

    5
    By Phunkee duck
    The last few paragraphs of this book were EVERYTHING. Jaw-dropper, absolutely puzzling! Read this book!
  • Unexpected outcome

    5
    By thekathynevejans
    Kept me wanting to read even when I was ready to sleep. Twisted plot. Somewhat expected, then completely unexpected. Keeps you guessing.

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