The Last Word
an utterly addictive and spine-chilling suspense thriller from the TikTok bestseller
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3.9 • 34 Ratings
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
'I. Am. Speechless. This book is RELENTLESS. Page after page of twists and turns' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I still have whiplash from this book' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Easily the best book I've read all year' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Emma enjoys the isolation and quiet of house-sitting. The only company she needs is her dog and her books.
But when she leaves a one-star review for a poorly written and gruesome horror novel, her peaceful escape turns into a nightmare. Not only is she being harassed by the angry author online, she's noticing disturbing incidents in the house. Scratches in the night. A figure crawling around in the shadows.
It soon becomes clear that it's all connected. This is a fight between author and reader. So who will have the last word? . . .
A pulse-pounding suspense thriller from the critically acclaimed author of TikTok bestseller No Exit. Fans of Stephen King and Riley Sager will be gripped!
Readers cannot get enough of The Last Word:
'To say that this action-packed, anxiety-induced story kept me white-knuckled and on the edge of my seat would be an understatement . . . Just when you think you have the story unravelled, BAM! Another mind-bending twist is hurled at you' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Another high-stakes game of cat and mouse from the one and only, Taylor Adams. And as usual, Adams delivered another wildly entertaining read that I could not put down until I finished it' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This outstanding psychological thriller from Adams (Hairpin Bridge) finds schoolteacher Emma Carpenter house-sitting at Strand Beach, Wash., where she avoids thinking about her problems by walking her dog along the beach and by binge-reading the never-ending supply of 99 cent self-published books she downloads from the internet. Then she reads Murder Mountain, a serial killer novel by H.G. Kane. The download site asks readers to rate the book. Emma—after making sure zero isn't an option—gives the book one star. Two hours later, she gets a reply from the author asking her to take down her review. Kane's messages become menacing after she refuses. Emma's creeping horror at being targeted by a madman increases when he arrives at her door, quoting lines from their internet exchanges. As the tension rises, spectacular plot twists open up new possibilities while effectively demolishing existing expectations. Along with the nail-biting suspense, the book provides some genuine fun by treating readers to overwrought excerpts from a unpublished manuscript about the crimes that take place at Strand Beach. Adams remains a writer to watch.
Customer Reviews
Last Word
What a well written story. Captivating. Full of surprises right to the end. Couldn’t put it down until I finished it.
Recommend highly
I’ve never read anything like this!
I have never read anything like this before. Everything happened in this book really fast, and I couldn’t keep up. I couldn’t turn the pages quickly enough and I hated most of the characters! Yes, some of was unbelievable but so what, it was the most entertaining book I have read in a long, long time and I really can’t explain why.
Emma leaves a negative review for a book she has just read and the author contacts her...! There are some dual narratives in this, but not until later on and that’s when I got slightly confused. Just make sure that when you get to the first set of acknowledgements, you read them. I nearly didn’t and thought the book had ended.
As I was reading it I was thinking that nope, I’ll never give anyone a 1 star review ever again. They might come and find me, and torture me and my dog, but it’s a story right? That would never, ever happen! But now I’ve got you wondering what weird people are out there!
Thank you to #acrossthepondbookclub for choosing The Last Word by Taylor Adams as August’s book to read.
Unique
The way the alternative strands run & connect is such a clever technique. I’ve never read anything quite like this before.
The plot develops from fairly standard to wildly unpredictable over the course of the novel.
I really enjoyed it!