The Last Word

A Novel

By: Taylor Adams

Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan, Jim Meskimen

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.

Finished in a day!!!

I could not put this book down! A great suspense story, very well illustrated and narrated. I did guess who HG was in the beginning, but it still did not ruin the story for me, and the dog lived!

Taylor Adams is the greatest!!

Keeps you hooked from first page, until very last sentence. Best book of the year!!

loved it

this book has everything I love in a thriller. the narration was perfect as well

Whoa!

This book was soooooo good! It’s one of those books you keep and listen to over and over. Holy smokes! It literally gripped me from the beginning and didn’t let me go until it was over, more books like this please!!!!

wowza....I loved this book so much!

Charecter developments. Check. Plot. Check. Overall, the story was absolutely amazing! Absolutely every emotion will be produced from reading through the very first page to the last. I feel like this book is up there with my top 10 most compelling books! At first, you feel a lazy, relaxed wash of pages that put you in a lull. It's done purposefully because once your guard is down, it is 100 percent nail bitting action. Thank you so much for writing this book. It was a true pleasure to read!