I didn’t enjoy this book nearly as much as many readers I know, and in general for me Ruth Ware has been a three star writer. It wasn’t clear what the stakes were for the protagonist—Harriet “Hal” Westaway, a tarot reader on Brighton Piet—when she receives a mysterious letter summoning her to the reading of a will. Sure, she owes a loan shark money, and is pretty sure the bequest is an error, but she’s determined to maintain the fiction long enough to collect. She meets all the members of her long-lost supposed family at the family estate, Trepassen, and tries to unravel her connection enough to stay one step ahead of any disinheritance. But the sense of place isn’t strong enough to really enhance the story, nor are the aunts and uncles well-defined as characters. As a result, for me the story was a bit of a muddle.