That said, I read her other books in 1-2 days, this one took over a week. Admirers of the author’s typically fresh takes on thriller staples will hope for a return to form next time. And despite the book dragging and dragging with mundane details, I still wanted to finish. But, she maintains, she’s not guiltyat least not of murderbut somebody is. Lackluster characterization and a shortage of surprises mar the cookie-cutter proceedings. Without giving too much away, there was part of the ending that I appreciated and part that I didn’t. She is the 1 New York Times and Globe and Mail (Toronto) bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Lying Game, The Death of Mrs. There were parts that were predictable and a few that weren’t. Share this Article: Ruth Ware’s homage to The Turn of the Screw is filled with all of the best gothic elements: an unreliable narrator, an isolated setting, creepy children and a house that.

I would say the suspense was definitely there. Part epistolary novel, part psychological thriller, The Turn of the Key is compulsively readable and will keep readers guessing until the very last page. Jacintha, who harbors hard feelings about the police after enduring an abusive relationship with a cop, goes on the run while trying to identify who’s behind the killing and why. The Turn of the Key By: Ruth Ware Don’t come here, she whispered, It’s not safe. Scout, 27.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-5011-8877-0 Reviewed by Edwin Hill Ware’s excellent psychological thriller, as the title suggests, references Henry James’s. The situation becomes even worse when the widow gets an email informing her that Gabriel recently insured his own life for a million pounds and named her his beneficiary. Traumatized, she doesn’t call the police immediately, which pegs her as a person of interest. After an unsuccessful assignment, Jacintha returns home to find Gabriel’s throat cut. Married couple Jacintha Cross and Gabriel Medway operate Crossways Security, a London firm that stress-tests security systems. This too-familiar thriller from Ware ( The It Girl) centers on a woman devastated by her husband’s murder and her emergence as the primary suspect.

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