Book #228 of 2019: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware I think this novel has my favorite protagonist and premise of any Ruth Ware thriller yet, but the major twists are telegraphed so early that I feel I’ve spent most of the book impatiently waiting for the characters to catch on. It doesn’t …
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Book #215 of 2019: The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware Despite my hopes, Ruth Ware’s mystery thrillers keep not quite working for me. This one takes its obvious inspiration from The Turn of the Screw, adding to that classic framework of a governess beset by her unsettling charges and the possibility of ghosts …
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Book #81 of 2018: The Lying Game by Ruth Ware The more suspense novels that I read, the less patience I have with narratives that keep readers in the dark about backstory that is clearly relevant and on the characters’ minds. This particular novel is halfway through before we find out what happened 17 years …
Book #165 of 2017: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware This murder mystery sort of fizzles out in the end, but for most of the book, it’s a creepy psychological thriller that most resembles The Girl on the Train with its alcoholic Londoner narrator whose blackouts make it difficult for a reader to …
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