June E. (junie) - reviewed on 10/27/2019 + 630 more book reviews

I started this creepy, ghostly, spine tingling book and didn't put it down until it ended.
The tale starts with Rowan in prison for murder as she writes to an attorney to plead her case.

She applies for and is hired as a nanny for three young girls plus a fourteen year old away at school. The house, an updated gothic in Scotland, is a âsmartâ house and everything is controlled by an app on a cell phone. There were many things wrong from day one.

Three unwelcoming young children.
A quirky eight year old whispering that ghosts won't like it.
The man of the house coming on to her.
The couple leaving for business the very next day.
A hot handyman living over the garage coming and going as he pleases.
An unfriendly cleaning woman.
A Walled Poison Garden.
Cameras in every room, even her bedroom.
Doorbells ringing with no one there;
footsteps overhead;
Deafening music blasting and a catastrophic accident

All with a twist I didn't see coming until the end that wasn't really an end! You have to write your own! I like stories tied up nice and tight but not with this book. However I was so riveted to the story I had to give 5 Stars. Ruth Ware is becoming one of my favorite writers.

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