The Last Thing to Burn
A Novel
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4.4 • 75 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
“Immediate, intense, gripping, taut, terrifying, moving, and brilliant.” —Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Invisible Girl
“Brilliantly written...terrifying.”—Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One by One
A woman being held captive is willing to risk everything to save herself, her unborn child, and her captor’s latest victim in this “intense, dark, and utterly chilling” (Jennifer Hillier, author of Jar of Hearts) thriller in the tradition of Misery and Room.
He is her husband. She is his captive.
Her husband calls her Jane. That is not her name.
She lives in a small farm cottage, surrounded by vast, open fields. Everywhere she looks, there is space. But she is trapped. No one knows she is there. Visitors rarely come to the farm; if they do, she is never seen.
Her husband records her every movement during the day. If he doesn’t like what he sees, she is punished.
For a long time, escape seemed impossible. But now, something has changed. She has a reason to live and a reason to fight. Now, she is watching him, and waiting…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Trafficked Vietnamese illegal Thanh Dao, the narrator of this outstanding and heart-wrenching thriller from Dean (the Tuva Moodyson mysteries), endures an endless marathon of household labor, as well as just about every type of abuse imaginable, on a remote pig farm in Britain's Fenlands. About the only spark of hope sustaining the young woman—whom her captor, Lenn, insists on calling Jane, his late mother's name—is the belief that her younger sister remains free in Manchester, though Lenn has threatened to ensure the sister is deported if Thanh tries to escape or kills herself. The stakes rise when Thanh discovers she's pregnant and Lenn imprisons a local woman who comes by to inquire about boarding her horse on the farm. As pressure increases from all quarters on Thanh, the tension becomes at times almost unbearable, relieved only by some shocking twists. With his deceptively soft-spoken but steely protagonist, determined to survive against staggering odds, Dean explores the resilience of the human spirit, even in the face of unfathomable evil. This harrowing journey is one worth taking.
Customer Reviews
Interesting Read with a Good Twist
The author has a very poignant writing style, which I enjoyed! However, I felt there were implausible bits of the plot, but nothing that was glaring. I recommended this book to a friend almost immediately, simply for having a twist that I wasn’t expecting! That almost never happens. But I will say the twist was surprising but fell flat a bit for me at the end. Overall, interesting read with great concept - would recommend!
Amazing
One of those books I wish I didn’t read just to be able to read it for the first time again. I absolutely loved this. This was gut wrenching, harrowing, and traumatic but undeniably binge worthy. Powerful subject matter and incredibly well written. You can’t help but root for these characters. This one is going to be sitting with me for some time.
Excellent
This book takes you to small cottage of horrors in Fenland.