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Something hasn't been right at the roadside Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls.
Upstate New York, 1982. Viv Delaney wants to move to New York City, and to help pay for it she takes a job as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel in Fell, New York. But something isnʼt right at the motel, something haunting and scary.
Upstate New York, 2017. Carly Kirk has never been able to let go of the story of her aunt Viv, who mysteriously disappeared from the Sun Down before she was born. She decides to move to Fell and visit the motel, where she quickly learns that nothing has changed since 1982. And she soon finds herself ensnared in the same mysteries that claimed her aunt.
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The Sun Down Motel By Simone ST. James I liked this one and loved how well the author built each character. Very creepy with a good crime solving story. I promise horror isn’t all I ever read… might look for something lighter next… or I’ll maybe start NOS4A2. https://t.co/96bGgCC6MX
"Deliciously creepy. A chilling blend of mystery and ghost story that will thrill fans of both."--Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Lock Every Door
"Simone St. James knows that true terror, as she effectively illustrates in The Sun Down Motel, goes beyond things that go bump in the night....St. James deftly melds an engrossing mystery with a tense supernatural thriller....keeps the tension high with myriad surprising twists."--Associated Press
"There are very few novels that leave me feeling genuinely spooked....Simone St. James's The Sun Down Motel is very much one of those books, taking twists and turns that are equal parts compelling and creepy."--PopSugar
"This creepy supernatural thriller will send shivers down your spine."--GoodHousekeeping.com
"[A] truly nightmarish trip back and forth in time and into the supernatural...guaranteed to keep readers rapt...What a story!"--Booklist (starred review)
"This novel is a creepy delight."--The New York Post
"When are we too old for ghost stories? As long as they are as taut and twisty as Simone St. James' latest novel, make that never....Readers of this thoroughly entertaining thriller won't be disappointed."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Spooky, unsettling, and brilliantly written, The Sun Down Motel is mesmerizing from the first page. A breathlessly suspenseful supernatural mystery that will hook you early, and never let go."--Jennifer Hillier, author of Jar of Hearts, ITW Thriller Award winner for Best Novel