The Turn of the Key

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark,Dark WoodThe Woman in Cabin 10The Lying Gameand The Death of Mrs. Westaway comes Ruth WareΓÇÖs highly anticipated fifth novel. When she stumbles across the adsheΓÇÖs looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to missΓÇöa live-in nannying postwith a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae Houseshe is smittenΓÇöby the luxurious ΓÇ£smartΓÇ¥ home fitted out with all modern conveniencesby the beautiful Scottish Highlandsand by this picture-perfect family. What she doesnΓÇÖt know is that sheΓÇÖs stepping into a nightmareΓÇöone that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder. Writing to her lawyer from prisonshe struggles to explain the unravelling events that led to her incarceration. It wasnΓÇÖt just the constant surveillance from the cameras installed around the houseor the malfunctioning technology that woke the household with booming musicor turned the lights off at the worst possible time. It wasnΓÇÖt just the girlswho turned out to be a far cry from the immaculately behaved model children she met at her interview. It wasnΓÇÖt even the way she was left alone for weeks at a timewith no adults around apart from the enigmatic handymanJack Grant. It was everything. She knows sheΓÇÖs made mistakes. She admits that she lied to obtain the postand that her behavior toward the children wasnΓÇÖt always ideal. SheΓÇÖs not innocentby any means. Butshe maintainssheΓÇÖs not guiltyΓÇöat least not of murder. Which means someone else is. Full of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth WareΓÇÖs signature suspenseful styleThe Turn of the Key is an unputdownable thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time.