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The Death of Mrs. Westaway
eBook - 2018
Nearly three million copies of Ruth Ware's books sold worldwide.
The highly anticipated fourth novel from Ruth Ware, The Globe and Mail and New York Times bestselling author of the In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Lying Game.
Harriet Westaway—better known as Hal—makes ends meet as a tarot reader, but she doesn't believe in the power of her trade. On a day that begins like any other, she receives a mysterious and unexpected letter bequeathing her a substantial inheritance. She realizes quickly that the letter was sent to the wrong person—but she also knows that she can use her cold-reading skills to potentially claim the money.
Hal attends the funeral of the deceased and meets the family...but it dawns on her that there is something very, very wrong about this strange situation and that the inheritance is at the center of it.
Full of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth Ware's signature suspenseful style, this is an unputdownable thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time.
The highly anticipated fourth novel from Ruth Ware, The Globe and Mail and New York Times bestselling author of the In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Lying Game.
Harriet Westaway—better known as Hal—makes ends meet as a tarot reader, but she doesn't believe in the power of her trade. On a day that begins like any other, she receives a mysterious and unexpected letter bequeathing her a substantial inheritance. She realizes quickly that the letter was sent to the wrong person—but she also knows that she can use her cold-reading skills to potentially claim the money.
Hal attends the funeral of the deceased and meets the family...but it dawns on her that there is something very, very wrong about this strange situation and that the inheritance is at the center of it.
Full of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth Ware's signature suspenseful style, this is an unputdownable thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time.
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Add a CommentAn excellent who-done-it mystery complete with a mansion, great characters, and an inheritance.
Oh my gosh what a slow read this one is. I read half way through and stopped reading. The end might have been worth the reading but I moved on to another book.
I really like this book and will try to read more by this author! This is very much full of family and many secrets!
I reviewed a few of the other comments and would agree that there is a bit of a repetitive nature to this novel. It is only the second title by Ruth Ware that I have read, and even with some things that got under my skin a bit ('I'm sorry' was a very over used phrase) I would still recommend it. I agree that there were some things that could be predictable, but I confess I was looking harder for the pattern after completing The Turn of the Key. And still found something that I didn't expect, so happy with the read. Will be looking for other books by Ruth Ware in the future.
I usually really enjoy Ware's books, and I did enjoy this one but I think only because it was by Ware. I felt like it didn't actually get suspenseful until about page 300 which was unfortunate. Up until then I felt like I wasn't getting anywhere. If you like Ruth Ware, I'd still suggest this, but I'd also warn she has better books like The Woman in Cabin 10.
Slow burn but still worth the read.
I wish I would have read more of the reviews before reading this. I'm glad I'm not the only one who had a hard time finishing this book. I love Ruth Ware, but this one missed the mark. DRAGGED ON AND ON with a thin plot line. Nothing of value happened until 3/4 through the book. I only finished it because I had wasted so much time on it. Didn't like Hal, predictable story line, and no other likeable characters. Blah, oh well.
Want to come back to this one
This is the fist of Ruth Ware's books that I have read and I enjoyed it. It was a quick read. Some of it was predictable, some of it not. It's a perfect mystery for a dark, stormy night!
It was a pretty decent plot but I found the many pages of the main character's thought processes repetitive and boring.