The Last Word

By Taylor Adams

Book Overview

After posting a negative review of a horror novel, a woman staying at an isolated beach house begins to wonder if the author is a little touchy--or very, very dangerous--in this pulse-pounding novel of psychological suspense and terror from the critically acclaimed author of No Exit and Hairpin Bridge.

Emma Carpenter lives in isolation with her golden retriever Laika, house-sitting an old beachfront home on the rainy Washington coast. Her only human contact is her enigmatic old neighbor, Deek, and (via text) the house's owner, Jules.

One day, she reads a poorly written--but gruesome--horror novel by the author H. G. Kane, and posts a one-star review that drags her into an online argument with none other than the author himself. Soon after, disturbing incidents start to occur at night. To Emma, this can't just be a coincidence. It was strange enough for this author to bicker with her online about a lousy review; could he be stalking her, too?

As Emma digs into Kane's life and work, she learns he has published sixteen other novels, all similarly sadistic tales of stalking and murder. But who is he? How did he find her? And what else is he capable of?

Displaying his trademark command of rapid-fire pacing, unnerving atmosphere, and razor-sharp characterization, Taylor Adams once again delivers a diabolically disturbing--and deadly--game of cat and mouse.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063222892
• ISBN13: 9780063222892
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Not worth the hype!

I do not see what the hype is about this book! So slow and boring! I guessed who was part of the plot in the 1st 80 pages. It was so dreadful that I skipped to the end and still DNF it without reading the entire ending!

The heroine was too fearful

So many people raved about this book, but I found it not to my liking