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The Only One Left by Riley Sager

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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Named a summer book to watch by The Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, Oprah, Paste, Country Living, Good Housekeeping, and Nerd Daily

“Propulsive … a dizzying Gothic whodunit.”
— New York Times Book Review

Bestselling author Riley Sager returns with a Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to work for a woman accused of a Lizzie Borden-like massacre decades earlier.

At seventeen, Lenora Hope
Hung her sister with a rope

Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than her denial after the killings, she has never spoken publicly about that night, nor has she set foot outside Hope’s End, the cliffside mansion where the massacre occurred.

Stabbed her father with a knife
Took her mother’s happy life

It’s now 1983, and home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope’s End to care for Lenora after her previous nurse fled in the middle of the night. In her seventies and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora was rendered mute by a series of strokes and can only communicate with Kit by tapping out sentences on an old typewriter. One night, Lenora uses it to make a tantalizing offer—I want to tell you everything.

“It wasn’t me,” Lenora said
But she’s the only one not dead

As Kit helps Lenora write about the events leading to the Hope family massacre, it becomes clear there’s more to the tale than people know. But when new details about her predecessor’s departure come to light, Kit starts to suspect Lenora might not be telling the complete truth—and that the seemingly harmless woman in her care could be far more dangerous than she first thought.

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Named a summer book to watch by The Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, Oprah, Paste, Country Living, Good Housekeeping, and Nerd Daily

“Propulsive … a dizzying Gothic whodunit.”
— New York Times Book Review

Bestselling author Riley Sager returns with a Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to work for a woman accused of a Lizzie Borden-like massacre decades earlier.

At seventeen, Lenora Hope
Hung her sister with a rope

Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than her denial after the killings, she has never spoken publicly about that night, nor has she set foot outside Hope’s End, the cliffside mansion where the massacre occurred.

Stabbed her father with a knife
Took her mother’s happy life

It’s now 1983, and home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope’s End to care for Lenora after her previous nurse fled in the middle of the night. In her seventies and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora was rendered mute by a series of strokes and can only communicate with Kit by tapping out sentences on an old typewriter. One night, Lenora uses it to make a tantalizing offer—I want to tell you everything.

“It wasn’t me,” Lenora said
But she’s the only one not dead

As Kit helps Lenora write about the events leading to the Hope family massacre, it becomes clear there’s more to the tale than people know. But when new details about her predecessor’s departure come to light, Kit starts to suspect Lenora might not be telling the complete truth—and that the seemingly harmless woman in her care could be far more dangerous than she first thought.

  • Publisher: Dutton

    Title: The Only One Left

    Author: Riley Sager

    On Sale Date: June 20, 2023

    ISBN 13: 978-0593183229

    ISBN 10: 0593183223

    Format: Hardcover

    Retail Price: $28.00

    BISAC: Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense; Fiction / Gothic

    Page Count: 400

    Dimensions: 6.27 x 1.31 x 9.33 in

    Weight: 2.31 lb

  • Riley Sager is the New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, each built around a different flavor of Gothic unease — decaying houses, isolated communities, and women whose stories aren’t quite what they first appear. The Only One Left, his take on a Lizzie Borden–style unsolved massacre, sits alongside titles like Final Girls, Home Before Dark, and The House Across the Lake. A native of Pennsylvania, he now lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

  • Critics and fellow bestselling authors are calling it claustrophobic, haunting, and twisty:

    • “Fans of Daphne du Maurier will enjoy this superior nail-biter.” — Publishers Weekly

    • “Claustrophobic and haunting, this is Sager at the top of his game.” — Booklist

    • “Riley Sager is one of my favorite authors.” — Rachel Hawkins, New York Times bestselling author

    • “A crumbling mansion by the sea, dripping with blood, secrets, and forbidden romance.” — Ana Reyes, New York Times bestselling author

This book is for you if

  • You want a Gothic thriller inspired by a real unsolved case, told from inside a decaying seaside mansion.

  • You're a Riley Sager fan looking for one of his most-praised, twistiest novels yet.

  • You like a slow-burn mystery narrated by an outsider who isn't sure who to trust.

  • You're drawn to eerie, atmospheric settings — cliffside houses, old typewriters, secrets nobody will say out loud.

  • You want a page-turner built for one long, uninterrupted sitting.

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