Hal’s short black hair blew in her eyes, her glasses were misted, and her lips were chapped with salt from the sea wind.
on a wet Tuesday, Hal had the promenade to herself, the flashing lights of the pier the only sign of life, apart from the gulls wheeling and crying over the dark restless waters of the channel. But tonight, even the most hardened partygoers had decided against venturing out, and now, at 9:55 p.m. The bars and clubs were open long into the night, spilling drunk locals and tourists onto the pebbled beach right through until dawn.
It was rare for the seafront to be completely deserted.
The girl leaned, rather than walked, into the wind, clutching the damp package of fish and chips grimly under one arm even as the gale plucked at the paper, trying to unravel the parcel and send the contents skittering away down the seafront for the seagulls to claim.Īs she crossed the road her hand closed over the crumpled note in her pocket, and she glanced over her shoulder, checking the long dark stretch of pavement behind her for a shadowy figure, but there was no one there. Hal attends the funeral of the deceased and meets the family.but it dawns on her that there is something very, very wrong about this strange situation and that the inheritance is at the center of it.įull of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth Ware’s signature suspenseful style, this is an unputdownable thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time. She realizes quickly that the letter was sent to the wrong person-but she also knows that she can use her cold-reading skills to potentially claim the money. On a day that begins like any other, she receives a mysterious and unexpected letter bequeathing her a substantial inheritance. Harriet Westaway-better known as Hal-makes ends meet as a tarot reader, but she doesn’t believe in the power of her trade. The highly anticipated fourth novel from Ruth Ware, The Globe and Mail and New York Times bestselling author of the In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Lying Game. Nearly three million copies of Ruth Ware’s books sold worldwide.
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