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“[A] captivating and eerie page-turner.”
— Wall Street Journal
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“A perfectly executed suspense tale very much in the mode of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca."
— Washington Post
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“Imogen Church is a lively and versatile narrator…She captures the vulnerable but determined Hal beautifully…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
— AudioFile
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“Ruth Ware continues to revitalize the traditional mystery for millennial audiences in The Death of Mrs Westaway, for another mystery that functions both as tribute to the genre’s tropes and a playful revisioning of the drawing room mystery.”
— Crime Reads
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“A tale of a con artist headed to a family funeral that promises to be the most entertaining fictional British burial since the film Death at a Funeral first graced our screens.”
— Literary Hub
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“Ruth Ware’s master storytelling again sets readers on edge.”
— RT Book Reviews (4 stars)
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“Ware’s fourth novel is her best yet, with steadily increasing tension, a complicated twisty mystery, and a sharp, sympathetic heroine who’s up to the challenge of solving it…[For] readers who love immersing themselves in well-crafted, gothic-tinged suspense.”
— Library Journal (starred review)
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“Ware continues to hone her gift for the slow unspooling of unease and mystery, developing a consistent sense of threat that’s pervasive and gripping…Expertly paced, expertly crafted.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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“One of today’s most popular suspense writers twists the knife quite expertly here…The labyrinth Ware has devised here is much more winding than expected, with reveals even on the final pages…a clever heroine and an atmospheric setting, accented by wisps of meaning that drift from the tarot cards.”
— Booklist (starred review)
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“Evocative prose, artfully shaded characters, and a creepy, claustrophobic atmosphere keep the pages of this explosive family drama turning.”
— Publishers Weekly