The Sun Down Motel

Simone St. James

Feb 2020 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

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.

Ratings and reviews

The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James is a split time suspense thriller. Within the first few sentences I felt the danger surrounding the character. Ms. St. James is an artist with words, conveying and evoking her character’s emotion to her readers. A mysterious disappearance of a young woman in 1982 and in 2017 another young woman searches for answers to this mystery. Live the fear, sorrow and urgency to find who is behind the evil. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. I appreciate the opportunity and thank the author and publisher for allowing me to read, enjoy and review this book. 5 Stars

Another fun read. We have a mystery with some mild ghost action. Minus a few brief sexual moments, this read a lot like a young adult book. It was easy to follow and some of the twists felt that we were prepared for them. Although it starts slow, it picks up enough to keep you interested but not what I would consider a page turner. Still worth a read so go for it.

"𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬... 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸." This suspense/mystery novel is a gem! Flipping back and forth from 1982 to 2017, following in similar footsteps, Carly Kirk plays Nancy Drew trying to figure out what happened to her aunt, Vivian Delaney... And why does no one care to investigate further but her? I loved the little hints and teasers you get along the way as you progress through both sides of the story and tie all the pieces together. It literally gave me goosebumps! This is a hauntingly delicious read that i devoured and highly recommend!

About the author

Simone St. James is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls, Lost Among the Living, and The Haunting of Maddy Clare. She wrote her first ghost story, about a haunted library, when she was in high school, and spent twenty years behind the scenes in the television business before leaving to write full-time.