The Turn Of The Key - Ruth Ware

Mystery

Rating: 7.5/10

While web browsing, a young woman catches a glimpse of an ad for a live-in nanny and in short order discovers how good an opportunity it is.  Too good probably.  Too good to be true as it would turn out.

This novel leaves us a trail of breadcrumbs to follow without giving away the story’s secrets. A gift of this particular writer.

Embodying not just one but multiple mystery tropes, the author colours outside the lines with gleeful abandon!  Locked-room mystery? Check. Haunted House mystery? Check. Creepy children mystery? Check. And that’s not all.  But don’t take my word for it, see for yourself.

My thanks to Net Galley and Simon & Schuster for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Footnote: A miss here was more on the smart house turning on unsuspecting occupant as teased in the book synopsis.  I am patiently waiting on the story that will tell me how my technology can kill me.  The possibilities seem endless…