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The only one left : a novel / Riley Sager.

Sager, Riley, (author.).

Summary:

"At seventeen, Lenora Hope / Hung her sister with a rope. Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than her denial after the killings, she has never spoken publicly about that night, nor has she set foot outside Hope's End, the cliffside mansion where the massacre occurred. Stabbed her father with a knife / Took her mother's happy life. It's now 1983, and home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope's End to care for Lenora after her previous nurse fled in the middle of the night. In her seventies and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora was rendered mute by a series of strokes and can only communicate with Kit by tapping out sentences on an old typewriter. One night, Lenora uses it to make a tantalizing offer--I want to tell you everything. "It wasn't me," Lenora said / But she's the only one not dead. As Kit helps Lenora write about the events leading to the Hope family massacre, it becomes clear there's more to the tale than people know. But when new details about her predecessor's departure come to light, Kit starts to suspect Lenora might not be telling the complete truth--and that the seemingly harmless woman in her care could be far more dangerous than she first thought.-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593183229
  • ISBN: 0593183223
  • ISBN: 9780593475065
  • ISBN: 9780593183243
  • ISBN: 9780593852842
  • ISBN: 9798217048250
  • Physical Description: 382 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: [New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, dates, and pagination may vary.
Subject:
Massacre survivors > Fiction.
Home health aides > Fiction.
Mute persons > Fiction.
Mansions > Fiction.
Homicide > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Murder > Fiction.
Maine > Fiction.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)

Available copies

  • 97 of 152 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Caswell County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 5 current holds with 152 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Gunn Memorial Public Library F SAG (Text) 34621991216345 Adult New Fiction Available -
Albemarle Main Library FIC Sager (Text) 31010000834855 Adult Fiction Checked out 07/28/2026
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library F SAGER (Text) 39493110083997 Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Main Library F Sager (Text) 34269001415232 Adult Fiction Available -
Alleghany Public Library F SAGER (Text) 30664100351516 Adult Fiction Available -
Andrews Public Library F SAG (Text) 80605004013248 Adult Fiction Available -
Barco Library F SAG (Text) 39488201009430 Adult Fiction Available -
Bath Community Library FIC (Text) 38344101732707 Adult Fiction Available -
Beaufort Main F SAGER (Text) 34208900186429 Adult Fiction Available -
Benhaven Public Library F Sag (Text) 33630005331645 Adult Fiction Available -