The Death of Mrs. Westaway
From the #1 New York Times bestselling 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...
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling 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 unputdownable thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781501156212 (1501156217)
Publish date: 2018-05-29
Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
This wasn't bad, and it wasn't an exceptional thriller. Very paint by numbers after a while. I think it's because I figured out what went on and none of the twists were a surprise. I still liked this better than the "Lying Game" though. That was not good. "The Death of Mrs. Westaway" has Harriet (...
“Trepassen was too Gothic and gloomy to ever feel like a truly welcoming place.” I enjoy a good mystery with a creepy atmosphere and this one delivered. Hal's mother passed away leaving her completely alone in the world. She learned from her mother how to give tarot card readings in order to sc...
The fourth book by the extremely popular Ruth Ware is a twist on a classic mystery trope involving an inheritance/rags-to-riches fantasy. Harriet Westaway, the heroine of The Death of Mrs. Westaway, is isolated and adrift after losing her mother in a tragic accident. She never learned her father’s ...
I really, really liked this book. Mainly because it ticked so many boxes of the things I truly enjoy in a novel. The atmosphere of this book was wonderfully gothic, dark and atmospheric and the Trepassen house, situated in the dark, rainy and dreary Cornwall, felt like a character of its own. The ...
The Death of Mrs. Westaway, Ruth Ware, Author; Imogen Church, Narrator A young woman named Harriet Westaway works on a pier in London, reading the Tarot cards to gullible people. She is 21 and lives alone. Three years ago, her mother died in a tragic accident, and she was forced to leave school and ...