Room 706
the addictive new novel with an ending that demands to be talked about
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Publisher Description
Nobody knows she's checked into Room 706.
Caught in the wrong place at precisely the worst time, Kate must face the most confronting situation of her life - and discover what matters most - in this deeply suspenseful and thought-provoking novel.
If she knew it would end this way, would it ever have begun?
'I devoured it... I haven't stopped thinking about it' Jennie Godfrey
'An ending that demands to be talked about' Erin Kelly
'Poignant, heart-breaking and utterly human' Joanna Cannon
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Kate stretches her legs and turns on the TV while James washes away the traces of their morning. She watches in horror at the unfolding news: the hotel they are staying in has been taken under siege.
She should be making her way home, working on appearing normal, getting ready to re-enter family life with her loving husband Vic and their two adored children. Instead, she is trapped somewhere she shouldn't be, with a man she definitely doesn't love.
How will she begin to tell Vic what she is doing here? If her body is found, will it give up the secret of what she's been up to? She's been so careful hiding the evidence of her affair: write nothing down, leave no trace. Will he begin to understand why?
For now, Kate can only hide, take a deep breath, and reflect on the series of choices she's made that have brought her to this moment.
What will her marriage and her life look like, if she makes it out?
Discover the most gripping and original novel you'll read this year, from an incredible new talent in fiction.
'As tender as it is surprising... a gripping interrogation of womanhood' Sarah Jessica Parker
'A love story wrapped in a grenade' Cecelia Ahern
'A tense, riveting read about the unpredictable ripple effects luck and choices can have' Tracy Sierra
'I could not stop reading' Sarah Easter Collins
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the unsatisfying debut novel from journalist Levenson (Creativity and Feature Writing), a married Londoner's life flashes before her eyes while she's trapped with her lover during a terrorist attack. Kate Bright, 36, is very much in love with her husband, Vic, and their two children, but a part of her wants something just for herself. For six years, she and her married lover, James, have been meeting in a hotel room every few months. As James showers following their latest tryst, Kate basks in her "post orgasm buzz." Then she hears on the news that a gunman has taken over their hotel. With nowhere to go, Kate sifts through the decisions and events that have led her here, beginning with her mother's death from a car accident when she was a university student and meeting Vic soon after. She meets James several years later, after she and Vic are married with their first child; he's also happily married but longing for something more. Now, while holed up with James, she texts with Vic, telling him she's in the hotel, but lying about why. Levenson keeps the story moving all the way to its cliff-hanger ending, which fails to offer any meaningful resolution about Kate's choices and her fate. The result feels like a half-baked thought experiment.
