On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a substantial inheritance. She realizes very quickly that the letter was sent to the wrong person—but also that the cold-reading skills she’s honed as a tarot card reader might help her claim the money.
Soon, Hal finds herself at the funeral of the deceased…where it dawns on her that there is something very, very wrong about this strange situation and the inheritance at the center of it.
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Ruth Ware is one of the best at setting a scene, throwing in some drama and have you accusing everyone and triple guessing at who you believe. Her 4th novel, The Death of Mrs. Westaway is no exception.
In a fairly straight forward plot, Hal gets a letter saying that her grandmother has passed away and she will receive an inheritance. Woo hoo, this comes at a perfect time since Hal is seriously in debt. Hal doesn’t believe that she is the right person (she has never heard of her grandmother), but she goes to the funeral to check it out.
It’s mostly a simple book, but Ware has you making crazy guesses. I had no idea what was going to happen and I didn’t guess the majority of the ending.
It’s not a perfect novel, since I found that there were some things that didn’t quite make sense. It seemed like the author was going more for convenience and the shock factor.
4 calculators out of a potential 5. A quick read that will have you not trusting anyone and question who is really family.
I love Ware’s books. If you’ve read all 4, which is your favorite? I think mine is still Dark Dark Wood. But Cabin 10 was also really great in my opinion.
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I think mine is Cabin 10, Dark Dark Woods, Mrs Westaway and then Lying Game. What I enjoyed with Cabin and Woods is that there was only x people in the boat/cabin, so there was limited options on who was the killer, but I had no idea who it was!
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I completely agree!
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Not heard of this book before, sounds very intriguing though. Great review
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Thank you! I would recommend it!
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I just went to her book signing in Houston last week and she was explaining why she thought the setting should be written like a character. I loved her explain all her books and bought them all 🙂 just finished the Lying Game and am making my way to this one next
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That’s awesome that you went to her book signing! Hope you enjoy this one!
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I love this sound of this – thanx for bringing it to my addition
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You’re welcome! Hope you enjoy it!
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I like the sound of this book.
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I hope you have a chance to read it!
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I’ve never heard of this one, but it sounds interesting!
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I hope you get the chance to read it!
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I haven’t heard about this one – sounds intriguing.
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It’s very interesting! I hope you get a chance to read it.
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What ?
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Nice review Amanda. I have this one and hope to get it read by the end of this month.
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Thank you Carla! I hope you enjoy it! I will look out for your review!
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Great review. Sounds like a good book!
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Thank you!
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I just added this one to my TBR!
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I hope you enjoy it!
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Great review! I love the cover.
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Thank you! Me too, it is so spooky!
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This one sounds great 🙂 Not my usual genre.
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It was a really great read!
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