The Turn of the Key, the Sunday Times- and New York Times-bestselling thriller by Ruth Ware, has been included in the Times ‘100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time’.

In the listing, which you can find here, Meg Zukin writes:

“In The Turn of the Key, Ruth Ware takes Henry James’ classic novella, The Turn of the Screw, plants it in the Scottish Highlands, and gives it a 21st-century makeover. She establishes a few things in her 2019 version immediately: a nanny named Rowan Caine is writing from prison, a child has been killed, and Rowan claims she didn’t have anything to do with it. Through her letters, Rowan reveals how she obtained employment as a live-in nanny for a posh couple at a remote but expansive country estate, and how the house, outfitted as a ‘smart home,’ kept her under constant surveillance. There were signs that this gig, and its hefty paycheck, were too good to be true: the past four nannies all quit, and one of the children warned Rowan to stay away. Through an unreliable narrator, creepy kids, and seemingly haunted grounds, Ware builds a looming suspense that keeps readers on their toes until the last page.”

See the full Top 100 list here.

The Turn of the Key is out now. Grab your US copy here and your UK copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

Ruth’s latest bestselling thriller, Zero Days, is also out now. You can buy your US copy here now and your UK copy here

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