The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James | Expected publication: February 18th 2020 by Berkley |  336 Pages | Goodreads

✅ REVIEW

An excellent, eerie mystery and thriller. This is the second novel I’ve read from this author and loved every minute of it.

The story is narrated in dual timelines and takes place in Fell, NY. First, in 1982 Viv moves temporarily to Fell to save up some money to go to NYC and start her acting career but she disappears mysteriously and is never heard of again. The second timeline takes place in 2017, and is narrated by Carly who happens to be Viv’s niece, she goes to Fell to investigate her aunt’s disappearance 25 years later.

The imagery and scenes at the Sun Down motel are vivid and made me feel as if I was there. The author did a great job with the story and I look forward to her upcoming books.

Highly recommend this one!

ARC provided by Publisher via Netgalley

✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION

“The secrets lurking in a rundown roadside motel ensnare a young woman, just as they did her aunt thirty-five years before, in this new atmospheric suspense novel from the national bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls.

Upstate NY, 1982. Every small town like Fell, New York, has a place like the Sun Down Motel. Some customers are from out of town, passing through on their way to someplace better. Some are locals, trying to hide their secrets. Viv Delaney works as the night clerk to pay for her move to New York City. But something isn’t right at the Sun Down, and before long she’s determined to uncover all of the secrets hidden…”

✅ BOOK SOURCE AND FORMAT

Arc, eBook