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The Sun Down Motel

Simone St. James

Start date: October 1, 2025

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Dec 13, 2021 Carolyn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller, mystery, 2021, ghosts

Missing girls, murders, ghosts, a haunted motel - all the elements needed for a good creepy mystery!

In 2017 Carly Kirk arrives in the small town of Fell in upstate New York hoping to find some answers about the disappearance of her Aunt Viv in 1982. Viv had left home to head for the bright lights of New York when she found herself instead in Fell. Short of money, she took a job as night clerk at the eerily empty and run down Sun Down motel, planning to move on as soon as she could. She soon disc ...more

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May 08, 2020 Alissa Patrick rated it really liked it

Shelves: bookclub

Creepy as shit. I kind of saw the ending but also didn't. People I trusted I shouldn't have and people I suspected were safe. This was a trip!! This would make a great Netflix film. ...more

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Feb 29, 2020 Joann M rated it it was amazing

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Apr 13, 2021 Tawallah rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-actually-owe, mystery-thriller

"For the first time in her life, it occurred to her how erasable she was. "

I picked this up mainly due to the buzz surrounding this author. So this is my time reading any of her works. This one is more a nod to horror novels, true crime and women. And though I am not a horror fan, I was able to appreciate the other aspects especially the commentary on women and crime.

Told in two timelines we follow Viv Delaney in 1982 who works at the Sun Down Motel only during the night shift who then disappea ...more

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Aug 29, 2020 Nanci rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, audio, mystery, suspense

To start off, the cover totally took me in! It is my favorite cover of anything I've read in 2020! I listened to the audio version and while the narrators were excellent, I wonder if I would have enjoyed the book more if I'd read it instead. It did have some mystery and suspense, but not as much as I would have liked and I figured out most of it fairly early in the story. The characters were good and the writing was good, but not 5 star good. I'm not a believer in ghosts or the paranormal, so ma ...more

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