The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

Rowan takes a nanny job in a remote area of Scotland. The salary is great but the house has a history of short term nannies. Is is the house or the children? Rowan is about to find out what hides beneath  Heatherbrae, a home that is a strange mix of Modernism, Victorian and equipped with the latest tech gadgets.

The Turn of the Key is told by Rowan in a series of letters to a solicitor in which she unfolds what went on during her stay at  Heatherbrae and how she is not guilty of committing murder.

Rowan herself is a particularly odd character and the book focus on the child care but not on the actual children.  Readers don't get to really know the children and as a result of this there is a discord between the reader and the characters. Perhaps that was the purpose but it didn't allow for me to connect, which meant I didn't really care much for what happened to them.

This doesn't meant that the book isn't good because it is and the thrill of what is going on is an exciting road of twists and turns. Some you see coming and some you don't The build up is a bit slow but the read is most definitely worth it.



* I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.