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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 is at the center of it. 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. On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a substantial inheritance.

I really enjoyed the suspenseful atmosphere all the way from the beginning to the satisfying end.” Claire Fuller, author of Our Endless Numbered Daysįrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Lying Game comes Ruth Ware’s highly anticipated fourth novel. “‘I read it compulsively, trying to undo the knotty puzzles so cleverly constructed by Ware. More, please, and soon.” AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window

And The Death of Mrs Westaway, her latest, is also her best: a dark and dramatic thriller, part murder mystery, part family drama, altogether riveting. Her novels - suspenseful, sophisticated, relentlessly compelling - blow the dust off half a dozen crime genres, from Golden Age whodunits to psychological suspense. The brand new psychological thriller from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10.“Ruth Ware is a magician. She must keep going or risk losing everything, even her life. But once she embarks on her deception, there is no going back. Hal makes a choice that will change her life for ever. If anyone has the skills to turn up at a stranger's funeral and claim a bequest they're not entitled to, it's her. But Hal knows that the cold-reading techniques she's honed as a seaside fortune teller could help her con her way to getting the money. The letter has been sent to the wrong person. There's just one problem - Hal's real grandparents died more than twenty years ago. She owes money to a loan shark and the threats are getting increasingly aggressive: she needs to get her hands on some cash fast.

Dark, unsettling and brilliant.' HEAT ' explosive claustrophobic family drama laced with a touch of du Maurier.' WOMAN & HOME When Harriet Westaway receives an unexpected letter telling her she's inherited a substantial bequest from her Cornish grandmother, it seems like the answer to her prayers. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'The Death of Mrs Westaway is Ruth Ware's best: a dark and dramatic thriller, part murder mystery, part family drama, altogether riveting' AJ FINN, bestselling author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW 'If you're an Agatha Christie fan then you'll love this eerie new offering from mega-author Ruth Ware.