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Review the death of mrs westaway5/26/2023 I can’t really say too much about the twists and turns, of course. I found the pacing a little bit odd, in retrospect it takes quite a while to reveal that there is something deeper going on, and that it’s not just going to be a case of mistaken identity. It’s not as simple as all that, of course, and it slowly becomes clear that there’s something else going on. If anyone can pull off pretending to be the real heir, surely it’s Hal… so off she goes, and quickly finds herself folded into the family. The temptation proves too much: Hal has a lot of skill with cold reading, the art of figuring out what a client thinks and wants from little cues and leading questions. It seems like a dream come true, but there’s a catch - her grandmother died a long time ago… So she’s tempted when she receives a letter informing her that she’s due to receive some money in the will of a Mrs Westaway, her grandmother. The main character, Hal, has been working on the pier as a fortune teller since her mother’s death, barely making ends meet, and has taken out an unwise loan to boot. The Death of Mrs Westaway is a bit of a thriller. I read something that compared Ruth Ware’s work to Agatha Christie’s, and I can definitely see the influence here.
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