An ingenious combination of gothic atmosphere, contemporary paranoia, and domestic drama.

Their dream house will become her worst nightmare. The advertisement seems too good to be true: a live-in nanny position with incredibly high pay, which Rowan cannot ignore. When she arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is thrilled with the luxurious "smart" home and the seemingly perfect family. What she doesn't know is that she is heading towards a nightmare - one that ends with a child dead and herself in prison, awaiting trial for murder.

Ruth Ware pays homage to the classic work "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James, transporting us to her own dark universe. A novel with a masterfully crafted plot, leading the reader to an unexpectedly twisty end, set against the backdrop of the isolated Scottish luxurious residence of Heatherbrae.