The Turn of the Key

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A superb suspense writerBrava, 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, shes looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to missa live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smittenby the luxurious smart home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family. What she doesnt know is that shes stepping into a nightmareone 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 wasnt just the constant surveillance from the homes cameras, or the malfunctioning technology that woke the household with booming music, or turned the lights off at the worst possible time. It wasnt just the girls, who turned out to be a far cry from the immaculately behaved model children she met at her interview. It wasnt 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 shes made mistakes. She admits that she lied to obtain the post, and that her behavior toward the children wasnt always ideal. Shes not innocent, by any means. But, she maintains, shes not guiltyat least not of murderbut somebody is. Full of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth Wares signature suspenseful style, The Turn of the Key is an unputdownable thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time.