Book details
The Only One Left
by Riley Sager
2023 · Penguin Group
About the book
In 1983, Kit McDeere takes a job as a home health aide for Lenora Hope, the sole survivor of a 1929 massacre that left her parents and sister dead. Confined to a wheelchair and unable to speak after a series of strokes, Lenora communicates by tapping out sentences on a typewriter. Living in Hope’s End, a decaying mansion perched on a crumbling Maine cliff, she offers to reveal the truth behind the historic murders. As Kit transcribes the confession, she discovers that the official police record contradicts Lenora's account, while a string of recent disappearances suggests the killer remains active within the house.
Readers of gothic suspense and locked-room mysteries choose this title for its intricate plotting and rapid shifts in perspective. It targets those who enjoy analyzing unreliable narrators and the psychological effects of isolation. The audience gains a detailed look at how family secrets and inherited trauma can cause a legacy of violence to persist across decades. By the conclusion, the reader understands the specific mechanics of the Hope family tragedy and how legal loopholes allowed the perpetrator to escape justice for over fifty years.
Details
- Published
- 2023
- Publisher
- Penguin Group
- ISBN
- 9798217048250
- Language
- EN