
What do we learn about Rowan as she tries to come up with the perfect answers? Would you say Rowan is trustworthy? What do you learn about Sandra during this initial interaction?Ĥ. The interview with Sandra is standard but revealing. What is your first impression of the house? What aspects were appealing or unappealing to you?ģ. Rowan describes the Elincourt estate in detail when she visits for her interview. Wrexham, would you keep reading? Is there anything she could say that would persuade you to represent her?Ģ. The book opens with Rowan Caine’s desperate plea for help from prison.

‘Deliciously dark and spooky’ Sunday Mirrorġ.

‘Agatha Christie meets The Girl on the Train’ The Sun ‘One of the best thriller writers around’ Independent ‘Dark and dramatic.part murder mystery, part family drama, altogether riveting’ A.J. ‘Powerfully atmospheric, unguessably twisty…I devoured it’ Louise Candlish, bestselling author of Our House Which means someone else is.įull of spellbinding menace, The Turn of the Key is a gripping modern-day haunted house thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time. But, she maintains, she’s not guilty – at least not of murder. What she doesn’t know is that she’s stepping into a nightmare – one that will end with a child dead and her in a cell awaiting trial for murder.

And when Rowan arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten by the luxurious ‘smart’ home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss: a live-in nanny position, with a staggeringly generous salary.

When she stumbles across the advert, she’s looking for something else completely. Ruth Ware, the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller returns with another page-turning psychological thriller.
