Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Publication Date: January 2025
Kerry’s life is in shambles: Her husband has left her, her drinking habit has officially become a problem, and though the deadline for her big book deal—the one that was supposed to change everything—is looming, she can’t write a word. When she sees an ad for a caretaker position at a revitalized roadside motel in the Catskills, she jumps at the chance. It’s the perfect getaway to finish her book and start fresh.
But as she hunkers down in a blizzard, she spots something through the window: a pale arm peeking out from a heap of snow. Trapped in the mountains and alone with a dead, frozen body, Kerry must keep her head and make it out before the killer comes for her too. But is the deadly game of cat-and-mouse all in her mind? The body count begs to differ...
In Last Room on the Left, Kerry is trying to get her life together. She has taken a job as caretaker of a motel in the Catskills. As a blizzard hits, she finds a dead body. Except it disappears when she tries to show the police. Is it her mind playing tricks or is there something else going on?
I have mixed feelings about this book. The first half of the book was kind of slow. I've never been a fan of being in the head of an alcoholic character. Especially one as unlikable as Kerry. The story definitely picked up at about the halfway mark as the twists are slowly revealed. It did lead me in directions that I wasn't expecting. I kept guessing incorrectly. I just didn't like Kerry at all. I would recommend it for the second half. Just stick it out until then.
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