![]() ![]() Now do what I did: Grab this book, grab a coffee, and lose yourself in this story for the day. And boy, does that ending pack an emotional punch. This is one of those books that doesn’t announce how clever it is, but once you’ve finished, you’ll find yourself turning plot points over and over in your head. Each page crackles with claustrophobic tension as we follow twist after turn until the breathtaking finale. Through these letters, we then see the story unfold: how Rowan-who we somehow don’t quite trust-applied for a job in a remote smart house, how she buried her secrets, and how her life became a nightmare that ended in murder.įull of genuinely creepy moments, this novel-a clever play on the classic The Turn of the Screw-has hints of a ghost story played out with modern technology. The novel opens with Rowan, a nanny, writing to a lawyer to explain why the charge leveled against her-the murder of a child in her care-is wrong, despite how guilty she looks. I love a book that starts with the ending, and that’s what we get in The Turn of the Key. ![]() There’s nothing better than an author you can absolutely rely on to deliver clever plotting and tight writing, and for me, Ruth Ware is the real deal. ![]() Whenever I pick up a Ruth Ware book, I’m reminded why she’s such a star in the over-crowded field of psychological thriller writing. ![]()
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