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The Only One Left: the chilling, gripping novel from the master of the genre-bending thriller

I want to tell you everything.
Reading guide
This is a standalone novel; there are no other books in the series.
Kit, a live-in caregiver, arrives at a decaying clifftop mansion to tend Lenora Hope, mute, paralyzed, and long suspected of murdering her entire family. When Lenora begins to type her confession on a newly brought typewriter, Kit is drawn into a web of decades-old secrets and present-day danger that upends everything she thought she knew.

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Step into the chilling, Agatha Christie-inspired world of The Only One Left, the latest standalone psychological thriller from internationally bestselling author Riley Sager. A masterclass in gothic suspense, this novel unravels the decades-old mystery of the Hope family massacre through the voice of its only survivor, a mute and paralyzed woman who has never been able to give her side-until now. Packed with twists that echo the best of classic whodunits and contemporary thrillers alike, it’s a gripping tale of murder, memory, and the dangerous compulsion to uncover the truth.

Blending the atmospheric dread of a crumbling mansion with razor-sharp plotting, Sager crafts a narrative that refuses to let go. As live-in caregiver Kit brings a typewriter to her silent patient, Lenora Hope begins to type a confession that’s as breath-taking as it is unreliable. For fans of women sleuths, crime fiction, and historical mystery & detective sagas, this book delivers a masterful fusion of old-school suspense and modern psychological intensity.

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