End of Story

A Novel

By: A. J. Finn

Narrated by: Helen Laser

For fans of Knives Out comes a spellbinding thriller from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Woman in the Window

“I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story.”

So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery novelist, to his longtime correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. With mere months to live, Trapp invites Nicky to his spectacular San Francisco mansion to help draft his life story . . . while living alongside his beautiful second wife, Diana; his wayward nephew, Freddy; and his protective daughter, Madeleine. Soon Nicky finds herself caught in an irresistible case of real-life “detective fever.”

“You and I might even solve an old mystery or two.”

Twenty years earlier—on New Year’s Eve 1999—Sebastian’s first wife and teenaged son vanished from different locations, never to be seen again. Did the perfect crime writer commit the perfect crime? And why has he emerged from seclusion, two decades later, to allow a stranger to dig into his past?

“Life is hard. After all, it kills you.”

As Nicky attempts to weave together the strands of Sebastian’s life, she becomes obsessed with discovering the truth . . . while Madeleine begins to question what her beloved father might actually know about that long-ago night. And when a corpse appears in the family’s koi pond, both women are shocked to find that the past isn’t gone—it’s just waiting.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2024 A. J. Finn (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers

Solid read

Great story. Drags on a little in the middle. Ending is great and well written

how they dragged out the ending

interesting story but it just dragged on and on and on . if you like over in belish descriptions, this is the book for you.

Great fun

I did figure most of it out but thought a good twist and a good story. Enjoyed the audiobook very much. Good narration etc Thanks

The end of story

One review I read was titled “stay with it” unfortunately I couldn’t. It was confusing and I can’t honestly say it’s because I got bored and therefore lost or if it was just boring. I figured the twist out half way through and couldn’t finish it. I’ll be waiting for his next book with high hopes.

So good!

I loved this book! The plot had a lot of the elements of detective noire that were characteristics of Sebastian Trapp’s novels. There were some great twists that I never saw coming. At one point I thought I had it figured out, but I was so wrong! I enjoyed the way it was written and the narrator added so much. I can’t wait for this author’s next book!

House of Secrets

Enjoyable mystery. Full of surprises, twists and turns. I usually can guess the answers, but not this time. Good performances that keep your interest.

What a whirlwind

The first half started off slow but it made sense because there were so many characters and so much back story. The second half sped up like lightening and had so many twists and turns I couldn’t stop listening!

Stay with it

It took me a while to get into the story but I’m glad I stuck with it as it was surprising and very good.

predictable

the writing is beautiful, but the plot is completely predictable. within just a few chapters I already knew who did what, who was who, and what would happen. that's annoying. too much foreshadowing, not enough imagination. The narration was really good, and for a YA it would be an easy read.

Hard to Follow

I had a hard time following this as an audiobook. I am curious if it would be easier to follow along as a book. The characters would go off on tangents and I would be lost.