From the number-one New York Times best-selling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Lying Game comes Ruth Ware’s highly anticipated fourth novel.
On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a substantial inheritance. She realizes very quickly that the letter was sent to the wrong person – but also that the cold-reading skills she’s honed as a tarot card reader might help her claim the money.
Soon, Hal finds herself at the funeral of the deceased…where it dawns on her that there is something very, very wrong about this strange situation and the inheritance at the center of it.
Full of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth Ware’s signature suspenseful style, this is an addictive thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time.
Who is the father? This book unfolds both in the present and through diary pages of 20 years ago. Hall’s mother died just before she turned 18, and the book begins with her struggle to survive, and the unfortunate connection to a loan shark. When a letter comes to tell Hal of an in inheritance, even though she thinks they have the wrong person, she decides to go claim her share. Hal might not have gone, if she had known the storm to follow, the can of worms that is opened up. Not only does she learn more than she…
MUST READ MYSTERY!!!!! I would give the beginning of the book a 4 and the last part of the book a 5. A Great English mystery with characters that were well developed.I thought I had the book figured out but there was a twist I did not see. Very worthwhile read
Highly Recommend! This is now my favorite Ruth Ware book, by far (I’ve read and liked them all). It drew me in from the very first page and didn’t let me go. I tried to read it slowly — after pre-ordering and anticipating it for months — but ended up binge reading it.I won’t give major spoilers, I’ll just say why I found it so compelling:The suspense and subtle dread. I had to know what the next page held.The great character study. A classic whodunnit. Was it him? Her? Him…