By: Simone St. James
Genres: Thriller Psychological
Posted: January 21, 2020
Ready to stay the night in THE SUN DOWN MOTEL where everything looks the same as it did in 1982, but now it is 2017, and the mysteries revolving the town have never been solved? Check out this haunting novel written by Simone St. James, and you may never sleep in a motel again! This storyline makes a switch from 1982 to 2017 throughout the whole novel, helping you piece together the whole story. Then when you feel you know what happened, the end comes up, making you rethink a lot of what you read! I love this novel as it really flabbergasted me at the end!
In upstate NY in 1982 a 20-year-old girl, Vivian works at the Sun Down Motel on the third shift. Motel of the customers or regulars with a few passing through town that come and stay. There is something strange about this motel. Then, one night she disappears with no trace of what could have happened to her. Years later in 2017, Vivian’s niece, Carly, shows up to find out what happened to her aunt all those years ago. Somehow, she ends up working the same job, at the same age, and the weird thing is… the motel looks the same as it did 1982! Can Carly get to the bottom of what happened before it is too late for her own self? Or will she, too, suffer the same ending as her aunt?
Reading THE SUN DOWN MOTEL written by Simone St. James took back to 1982 when we did not have cell phones and the internet. This novel will really shake you up with the way it all ends. I sat in a daze as I closed the book for the last time after the last chapter. This is a must for the suspense reader who wants to be shaken a little at the end. It will leave you with an eerie feeling that we love when we finish an awesome thriller as THE SUN DOWN MOTEL!
Book Summary
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 USA Today 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 isn't 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.
by: Simone St. James
Berkley
February 1, 2020
On Sale: February 18, 2020
Featuring:
336 pages
ISBN: 0440000173
EAN: 9780440000174
Kindle: B07S1K42R2
Hardcover / e-Book