The perfect summer thriller . . . with a pace that made my heart race.” —Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Time I Lied When Landon’s brother Trey shows up looking for answers, Abby can’t help but feel the town closing ranks. And she’s still on the outside. When she finds incriminating evidence that may bring them closer to the truth, Abby soon discovers how little she knows about her coworkers, neighbors, and even those closest to her “ Abigail still feels like an outsider within the community she now calls home, and when Landon's brother shows up to look for him, she senses the town closing ranks.

The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda - Publishers Weekly The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda - Publishers Weekly

The Last to Vanish is about tourists who have disappeared over the last 25 years in the most dangerous town in North Carolina. A serial killer? A bear? A sinkhole? Something paranormal, Lost style? Is the Last to Vanish a paranormal? Now the brother of the latest missing person has shown up at the inn and is asking questions, snooping around, making accusations. With the brother lumping her in with the Cutter Pass old timers, Abby almost feels like she is one of them. But she still has questions, too, and she can't let them go.What caused all of these disappearances? Does Abby know her fellow townspeople as well as she thinks she does? Now, the string of unsolved disappearances that haunts the town is again thrust into the spotlight when Landon West, a journalist investigating the story, himself disappears.

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But I also think that Abby’s connection to the Fraternity Four should have been revealed sooner, to give the reader time to absorb this and understand what happened a bit better. Yes, everything got tied up without any loose ends. But I wasn’t really buying it all 100% either. If you have read the book and want to discuss, come over to my Spoiler Discussion for The Last To Vanish. Yet, it's not as "unputdownable" as I had hoped. There are no major twists or surprises...which is fine...but I think my expectations were super high after declaring her last two novels 5-star stunners.The next morning, the front desk information binder is misplaced. That, in addition to the phone line tempering and a lost guest key, has Abby on edge.

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Abby Lovett arrived in Cutter’s Pass ten years ago, she’s now the manager of the Passage Inn, the place Landon West was last seen. He disappeared a few months ago and his trail has since gone cold. When his brother Trey arrives looking for answers, he turns to Abby. stars). I’m a little disappointed as I’ve read other books by Megan Miranda which I’ve really loved. This book, not so much…Miranda, who makes the setting, where everyone knows one another and ends up fearing one another, all the more chilling for its seeming normality, is a master of misdirection and sudden plot twists, leading up to a wallop of an ending. A powerful, paranoid thriller.” – Booklist (Starred Review) The characters remain a mystery until the last third of the book. I would have liked to know more about them. A new guest arrives on a stormy night. He's got a connection to Landon. In fact, he's Landon's brother Trey. Abby feels unsettled with him there giving off vibes that darken the reputation of the inn. But soon she realizes that Trey may be on to something. And that something may be putting herself in danger. I loved this mystery! This is my kind of dark, creepy, claustrophobic, haunted small town story I seriously enjoyed!