In her letters she retells her expriences and how she came to be arrested. Throughout the book Rowan writes to a lawyer from prison, having been arrested for murder. The Turn of the Key has a slightly different layout from Ware’s previous works, with it all being in the form of a letter. Ware manages to create such suspense and intriuge in her books and each and every one of her books have been such page turners so far. Whenever I start one of Ware’s new books I always end up reading it in pretty much one sitting because I just have to know what the hell is going on. Once again Ruth Ware has proved that she is the master of crime fiction and suspense. Is Rowan’s paranoia simply an old ghost tale or is something much darker going on? As well as a possible mystery guest the high tech house starts to malfunction and the girls she is looking after begin talking of a mysterious girl who roams the halls. Rowan starts hearing footsteps in the middle of the night and becomes convinced that there is someone living above her– especially since she has a mysterious locked door in her room. However Rowan soon learns that nothing is perfect and that her new job may be too good to be true. A live position in a fancy house seems worlds away from her work in the nursery room. Rowan can’t believe her luck when she is invited to an interview, nevermind when she gets the job. The Turn of the Key follows Rowan, a nanny/nursery worker who comes across the job oppurtunity of a lifetime- a live in nanny position for a rich couple in rural Scotland, paying over £50,000 per year. Basically, I was going in more or less blind, but I have enjoyed all of Ware’s books so far and had no doubt that I would also love this one too. Regarding Ware’s latest novel The Turn of the Key I actually hadn’t read up much on the plot- knowing only that it was about a nanny who is accused of murdering one of the children she is looking after. Over the last year or so I have become such a massive fan of Ruth Ware and her books and I now eagerly await her new releases. Her dream job will become her worst nightmare.

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