The Death of Mrs. Westaway
2018 • 384 pages
Ratings58
Average rating3.6
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Ratings58
Average rating3.6
"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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I couldn't finish this. Too many other books I desperately want to read, and too many things about this book bothered me. Errors (Gypsy Rose Lee was a burlesque dancer, not a fortune teller), oddities (the nursery rhyme about counting birds is specifically about crows, not magpies), and word overuse (I stopped at the umpteenth usage of “shivered”. It was sometimes used twice in the same paragraph, and was pulling me out of the story. Finding it over and over was like hearing an unwanted beat in my head.) I truly wanted to like this novel, and I hung on longer than I wanted to out of hope.
What's not to love about a reading of a will, an old house and a mystery that keeps you guessing till the end. Couldn't put this one down. Couldn't get to the end fast enough. If it wasn't for work and adulting would have finished it much faster. Definite must read.
A creepy gothic house inhabited by a possibly sinister family. Hal, a young Tarot reader may have inherited it. A Little confusing in parts but I did enjoy the mystery.
If you love Ruth Ware, buckle up for a ride that you are not going to forget!
Hal is not sure what the letter from the lawyers office has to do with her, but she is about to get the surprise of her life. Pretending to be someone she is not, she heads off to claim an inheritance - one that she hopes will get her out of her financial troubles, and possibly give her a little comfort for the next few years. Instead, she stumbles on a msyterious disappearance, and a troubled family. Will Hal live long enough to get to safety?
What a great read! I could not put the book down! I was hooked from the start, although in the beginning, I was not sure if I was going to love the book or just like it. By the end of the book, I was sitting there wondering how anyone could NOT love this novel! Suspense, mystery and a touch of terror..... perfection!
Some adult language in the book
