So Hal, feeling that she has basically no fucking choice, spends what little money she has left to buy a ticket to Penzance and, basically, crash the funeral for the woman she knows is not her grandmother in hopes that she’ll inherit a little bit of money so she can settle her debts and finally stop living so hand-to-mouth.īut when she gets to Penzance, sees the mysterious Trepassen mansion and meets the family of the recently deceased Mrs. That plan changes pretty fucking fast, though, when a leg-breaker for a local loan shark comes ‘round and informs Hal that if she doesn’t come up with money immediately things aren’t going to go well for her. And Hal knows it.Īware that this is a mix up, and moral - even to a fault at times - Hal plans to inform the lawyer of his mistake. You’ll enjoy the twisted unbelievable end.Hester Westaway isn’t Hal’s grandmother.

The only reason why this book is 3.7 and not a 4/5 is because of the repentance because the few last chapters are ThRiLliNg! The build-up is amazing because of that slow burn. Westaway is not a predictable story, it’s intriguing and will make you want to finish it and know the truth if you decide to read the first 18 chapters. The first 18 chapters go by slow but with an anxious feeling “ when will the other shoe drop?” Ruth can write one sentence in 10 different ways making the book a slow burn. Meaning that she can twist and turn stories as you’ve never read before but the downside is the repentance. If you’ve read Ruth’s books before you will know that her writing is beautiful. 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.įull of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth Ware’s signature suspenseful style, this is an addictive thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time. 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. On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a substantial inheritance.

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.

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