Category - Fiction / Suspense & Thrillers
Format - Hardcover
Condition - Like New
Listed - A month ago
Views - 4
Ships From - Georgia
Est. Publication Date - Aug 2019
Seller Description
From the number one New York Times best-selling 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 unravelling 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. Which means someone else is. Full of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth Ware’s signature suspenseful style, The Turn of the Key is an pause-resisting thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time.
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The Turn of the Key
ISBN: 9781501188770
Publisher Description
"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 wh...
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Summarized by Pango AI
PangoBooks readers have mixed feelings about this book, with many praising the suspense and creepy atmosphere that kept them engaged throughout. Some appreciated the realistic character portrayals and the ability to evoke genuine fear, while others found the pacing slow and the plot somewhat unoriginal. The ending, in particular, garnered polarized reactions, with several readers dissatisfied by its abruptness and open-ended nature. Despite these criticisms, Ruth Ware’s writing skills were frequently complimented, and some readers expressed interest in exploring more of her work. Overall, it seems to be a decent, thrilling read for those who enjoy suspense, though it might not appeal to everyone.