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Turn of the Key By: Ruth Ware Turn of the Key is a suspenseful, gut-wrenching, mysterious, eerie, thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat until the very last word. The Turn of the Key is Ruth Ware’s latest psychological thriller. Rowan Caine, a young woman who makes a living off of caring for children. Rowan stumbles over an ad, offering a live-in nanny post with a lavishly large salary. The job, not exactly what she is looking for, but an offer she simply can not resist. When she obtains the job, she was given an overwhelmingly large handbook to read over, three little girls and huge luxurious house, all in her care. The family, picture-perfect. The house, set into the lush Scottish hills, secured with “smart” cameras in every room and suited with high tech, modern conveniences. What she thinks is the job of a lifetime, is really a living nightmare. When she arrives, the model children she met at the interview, were not the same. No longer were the girls perfect little angels that were easily cared for and easy to love. The job alone was far different from what she imaged, it was not only the misbehaving girls that surprised her, but the fact that she was left alone weeks at a time, the so-called “smart” home malfunctioning in the middle of the night, a creepy attack giving off eerie noises above her bedroom, and the fact that she was the only adult for days at a time. That was not why she is in prison though. Writing from inside a prison cell, her story is told through letters, letters that the accused wrote herself. The novel begins with a series of desperate letters to a lawyer she hopes will represent her in the courtroom. She was being held accountable of a crime she did not commit, but if she did not kill the child, who did? She may not be a murderer but she is not innocent. Rowan made other mistakes, told other lies, kept other things a secret, just to acquire this “dream job”. Her name is Rowan if you can even call her that. The Guest Book By: Sarah Blake The Guest Book, a story told over three generations is a story of love, loss, mistakes, and betrayals all through the eyes of a privileged American family. It is a story of a powerful American family that used to “run the world” and when the novel begins in 1935, they still do. Kitty and Ogden Milton have the perfect life through the eyes of any American, a perfect family, gorgeous looks, a stunning home and a strong bond of love, but when tragedy strikes their family someone needs to pick up the pieces. To pick up the pieces and revive his once radiant wife, he purchases an island in Maine. The house will define the Milton family for generations to come and burnish their reputations. In her home, on her island, she will refuse to do something, something important and that something will haunt her until the day she dies. In 1959, Len Levy, a Jewish man will come to work for Milton’s firm where he will earn the love and admiration of one Milton daughter, but loathed by the rest. Len will bring his best friend, an African- American man, who is used to being the only one in the room. These men will come to shake the Milton family to its core. At the dawn of the 21st century, the last generations of Miltons are struck with a choice, one that is impossible to make through the heart, but easy to make through the brain. The family can not afford to keep the island. When Kitty’s granddaughter hears of her family’s disturbing past through her husband and the proposal of selling the island, she is determined to unravel her family’s secrets before it is too late. Three stories, three generations, one American family, weave together to expel the truths of their pasts and the fates of their futures. The Guest Book exposes racism, power, wealth, and the strength of love that intertwines three unique stories that all root back to the same exact place.
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