Last Word LP The

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.