the last room on the left

The caretaker at an isolated mountain hotel finds herself fighting for her life--and sanity--in this twisty, addictive thriller.

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 . . .

Leah Konen is the author of the thrillers Keep Your Friends Close, You Should Have Told Me, The Perfect Escape, and All the Broken People and of several young adult novels, including Love and Other Train Wrecks and The Romantics. Her books have been published in nearly a dozen countries, and her essays and articles have appeared in Marie Claire, Vogue, and more. She lives in Brooklyn and Saugerties, New York, with her husband, their daughters, Eleanor and Mary Joyce, and their dog, Farley.