Thursday Thrillers: The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
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Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,
Turn of the Key is Ruth Ware's fifth thriller. It is published by Scout Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this latest tale of secrets and murder, we are introduced to Rowan Caine. She is a "super nanny" with an impressive resume in private childcare. She decides to leave her daycare job and return to private childcare. Answering an advertisement from a wealthy family in need of a nanny for their four children, Rowan is headed to Scotland to Heatherbrae House to meet the Elincourts. She gets the position, which turns out to be a nightmare. Her new job ends in the death of one of the children, and Rowan is incarcerated in a women's prison in Scotland.
As Rowan sits in her cell, she begins to write several letters to a lawyer that has managed to exonerate several hopeless cases. With a lot of evidence stacked against her, she unpacks her days at Heatherbrae House to the lawyer on paper. She tells him of nights and days filled with unexplained phenomena, unruly children, and a housekeeper that seems to hate her. Scrawled messages of hate are found. The smart home they live in malfunctions. And strange shadows frighten Rowan, as she feels eyes watching her. But it is the last night at Heatherbrae House that has sealed her fate. Is she guilty or did an unseen force kill her charge?
The Turn of the Key is a crazy ride through the mind of a condemned woman and the terrible last week of her job. In her letters to lawyer Mr. Wrexham, we are brought into the fear and anxiety that Heatherbrae House has wrought upon Rowan. The characters were very well-developed. The story building is solid. And the suspense and creepiness seeped into every sentence. Cold, foreboding, and mysterious, the novel paced itself very well as I was led to an ending filled with shocking revelations.
I read the Turn of the Key with the amazing narration of actress, Imogen Church. Church has read all of Ware's thrillers and has done an exceptional job with each. This novel, however, was completely different in her presentation. Church became Rowan Caine and made me feel as if I were at the prison interviewing the character. Her delivery of the narrative was done in a theatrical manner that left me clinging to every word.
The Turn of the Key was a four-star read for me. It would have been five stars had the ending done more showing and less telling. But the revelations were shocking nonetheless. Grab a cup of cocoa and nestle under a warm blanket, because you will not leave your reading spot until this novel is done.
As Rowan sits in her cell, she begins to write several letters to a lawyer that has managed to exonerate several hopeless cases. With a lot of evidence stacked against her, she unpacks her days at Heatherbrae House to the lawyer on paper. She tells him of nights and days filled with unexplained phenomena, unruly children, and a housekeeper that seems to hate her. Scrawled messages of hate are found. The smart home they live in malfunctions. And strange shadows frighten Rowan, as she feels eyes watching her. But it is the last night at Heatherbrae House that has sealed her fate. Is she guilty or did an unseen force kill her charge?
The Turn of the Key is a crazy ride through the mind of a condemned woman and the terrible last week of her job. In her letters to lawyer Mr. Wrexham, we are brought into the fear and anxiety that Heatherbrae House has wrought upon Rowan. The characters were very well-developed. The story building is solid. And the suspense and creepiness seeped into every sentence. Cold, foreboding, and mysterious, the novel paced itself very well as I was led to an ending filled with shocking revelations.
I read the Turn of the Key with the amazing narration of actress, Imogen Church. Church has read all of Ware's thrillers and has done an exceptional job with each. This novel, however, was completely different in her presentation. Church became Rowan Caine and made me feel as if I were at the prison interviewing the character. Her delivery of the narrative was done in a theatrical manner that left me clinging to every word.
The Turn of the Key was a four-star read for me. It would have been five stars had the ending done more showing and less telling. But the revelations were shocking nonetheless. Grab a cup of cocoa and nestle under a warm blanket, because you will not leave your reading spot until this novel is done.
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