Book Summary and Reviews of The Last Room on the Left by Leah Konen

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"Not since Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train or A.J. Finn's The Woman in the Window has an unreliable protagonist been used to such great effect. Tipping her literary cap to Stephen King's The Shining, Konen serves up a superbly crafted novel of suspense that will thrill and delight fans of Lucy Foley, Alice Feeney, and Sarah Pearse." —Library Journal (starred review)

"Both narrators are presented as potentially unreliable, and their voices can be hard to tell apart; also, drunkenness is overused as a device. Still, the setting of the secluded motel is evocative and entirely eerie, and the story is sufficiently dire to keep readers engaged." —Kirkus Reviews

"I devoured this twisty, addictive, feminist take on The Shining. Terrifying and taut, The Last Room on the Left is equal parts tantalizing mystery, scary snowstorm survival tale, and thoughtful portrait of a complex female friendship speeding toward a cliff. If you love tightly plotted thrillers about women on the edge—read this now." —Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of The Spare Room

"Leah Konen's The Last Room on the Left is a masterclass in psychological tension, weaving themes of creativity, ambition, and betrayal into a gripping narrative that kept me unable to look away until I reached the last page. Konen expertly explores the haunting space between truth and deception, both in the stories we write and the ones we live. A must-read for anyone who loves a thriller that lingers long after the final page." —Danielle Valentine, New York Times bestselling author of Delicate Condition

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Leah Konen

Leah Konen is the author of Keep Your Friends Close, You Should Have Told Me, The Perfect Escape, All the Broken People, and several young adult novels, including Love and Other Train Wrecks and The Romantics. Her books have been featured in Vogue, Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, Reader's Digest and The New York Post, among others. She lives in Brooklyn and Saugerties, New York, with her husband; their daughters, Eleanor and Mary Joyce; and their dog, Farley.

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