I felt like I was reading some kind of gothic thriller with all these magpies and fortune telling and tarot reading. But she sets to go to the mansion and when she reaches, she realizes that there’s no turning back… Hal’s actual grandparents had died some twenty years ago and she felt that it was a mistake. The house used to belong to her grandmother, Hester Westaway.īut there’s a problem. Hal then gets an unexpected letter from a lawyer, claiming that she was set to inherit a house, nestled in the Cornish countryside. Her mother died from a car accident and Hal is struggling financially as she struggles with paying rent and paying dues from loan sharks.
The story starts with Harriet Westaway, known as Hal. Although it wasn’t as good as Turn of the Key, nevertheless, I actually enjoyed reading this book. Westaway does start off a bit slow ( I felt the same way about The Woman in Cabin 10- so that may just be a thing about Ruth Ware books), I encourage you to stick with it because I think it ended up being a good read.This is the fourth book I have read from Ruth Ware. I love details like that.īottom line: While The Death of Mrs.
It was creepy and fitted the book’s tone perfectly. I buddy read this with Candice of CozyBookWormSociety and had a blast talking out things with her about the book.
A trip to Bouchercon and Half Price Books in Dallas and I was able to score 2 of her hardcover books for a pretty sweet deal. Soon, Hal finds herself at the funeral of the deceased…where it dawns on her that there is something very, very wrong about this strange situation and the inheritance at the center of it.įull of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth Ware’s signature suspenseful style, this is an unputdownable thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time.Īfter finally reading The Woman in Cabin 10- I was eager to check out some more of Ruth’s books. She realizes very quickly that the letter was sent to the wrong person-but also that the cold-reading skills she’s honed as a tarot card reader might help her claim the money. On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a substantial inheritance. Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Lying Game comes Ruth Ware’s highly anticipated fourth novel. Traveling With T purchased this book for her own reading.
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