The Turn of the Key – Ruth Ware
Rowan Caine stumbles across an ad that seems too good to pass up. It’s a live-in nannying position with hefty pay. When she goes in for the interview, she is smitten by the large, smart digital house and the seemingly perfect family. She fakes her documents to get the job, but she would have never set foot in the house if she knew what it would entail: a dead child and her awaiting trial for murder.
The story is about her unravelling the events that took place in that eerie house for her lawyer. The constant surveillance from the cameras installed around the house, the technology malfunctioning at the worst possible times, turning the lights off, and booming music in the middle of the night—everything was far from normal.
The children were a far cry from angelic, but no one could ever guess from their first encounter with them. The big, luxurious house was empty for the most part, with the exception of a handyman who was always there.
She was not the perfect nanny. She lied to get the position. But one thing she is convinced of is that she is not guilty and that she did not commit the murder. But if she didn’t commit the murder, someone else did, and the story is unravelling the secret and unravelling the killer.
It’s an eerie, atmospheric story that draws you in from the first line and keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time. Truly a suspenseful masterpiece.
-Ariana