Waiting On Wednesday: The Only One Left By Riley Sager

The Only One Left By Riley Sager

Genre: Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Horror, Fiction, Adult, Gothic, Contemporary, Suspense, Adult Fiction
Pages: 368 pages
Release Date: June 20th 2023
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Plot: 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.

Why I Need This Book: Listen, I’ve been on a bit of a rocky journey with Riley Sager. Things started off really strong. I was loving his books. I feel I haven’t been as invested in his recent releases. I feel since I’ve been getting back into reading more and blogging, this one has me excited. Plus, I’m thinking of going to the book signing for this book. I’ve met Riley Sager a couple of times now. I really would love to go to this because it’s been so long. I would push myself to go to them before COVID. I just want to be around bookish people. Plus, I’m excited for this book. I love the cover and it’s also Literally Dead Book Club pick for July. I’ve been trying to read the picks before the live shows.

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Have you read anything by Riley Sager? If so, what did you read & did you enjoy it? Will you be picking this book up?

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