The Last One: A Novel

The instant bestseller of The New York Times has been named a must-read for the summer by The Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, Oprah, Paste, Country Living, Good Housekeeping, and Nerd Daily. Described as a propulsive, dizzying Gothic whodunit by The New York Times Book Review, bestselling author Riley Sager returns with a chilling Gothic tale about a young caregiver assigned to care for a woman accused of a Lizzie Borden-like massacre many years ago.

In 1929, on a bloody night that shocked the Maine coast, the Hope family murders took place. Seventeen-year-old Lenora Hope was accused of hanging her sister with a rope, stabbing her father with a knife, and taking her mother’s life. Although most believed Lenora was responsible, the police could never prove it. Lenora never publicly discussed that fateful night and had never left Hope’s End, the mansion where the massacre occurred.

Fast forward to 1983, where home-health aide Kit McDeere is tasked with caring for the now elderly Lenora, who is confined to a wheelchair and communicates through an old typewriter. Lenora offers Kit a tantalizing proposition — she wants to reveal everything. As Kit helps Lenora recount the events leading up to the massacre, it becomes evident that there is more to the story than meets the eye.

However, as new details surface about Lenora's previous nurse fleeing in the middle of the night, Kit begins to question if Lenora is hiding the complete truth. The seemingly harmless elderly woman under her care may be far more sinister than Kit had initially believed.

Lenora continues to insist, “It wasn’t me,” but with everyone involved either dead or mute, the truth behind the tragic events at Hope’s End remains shrouded in mystery.

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