No one in the family would talk about what happened to her aunt, and Carly doesn’t want to live with that mystery hanging over her any longer, so she travels to Fell to find out what really happened. She is drawn to Fell because of an unsolved family mystery, the disappearance of her aunt Viv in 1982. In 2017, Carly Kirk makes her way to Fell, seeking purpose in her life after the death of her mother. By the end of the first chapter we know one thing for sure about Viv Delaney: by 3am on November 30, 1982, she will vanish. As Viv begins to unravel the mysteries of the Sun Down, both past and present, she puts herself in real danger. The more she works there, the more it seems like some of the hotel’s guest checked in…and never left. Soon after starting work, Viv begins to notice some strange happenings at the Sun Down. The job doesn’t require too much of her, since the motel only has a few customers at a time. Viv finds work as the night desk clerk at the Sun Down Motel. She ends up only making it as far as Fell, New York, a sleepy town with limited opportunities. In 1982 Viv Delaney has run away from home and is on her way to New York City to start a new life. The story opens with two narratives, separated by 35 years, following Vivian Delaney in 1982 and Carly Kirk in 2017., She integrates more supernatural elements in this story than she did in The Broken Girls but still creates plenty of scary moments with her earthly characters as well.

James sets the scenes for creepy mysteries like no one else that I have ever read. She’s now on my must-read list, so when her newest book, The Sun Down Motel was offered as one of the options for the January Book of the Month Box, I jumped on it. James came on my radar last year when I read The Broken Girls as part of my PopSugar Challenge and it blew me away. Publisher: Berkley (Penguin Random House imprint) This book is a creepy one that just might take your mind off of the real world for awhile. Fortunately, I have not reached that point yet. I only know that things have gotten to be too much in my life when I can no longer focus on a book. I’ve only been home for a few days but I’ve managed to immerse myself in my TBR pile and plow through a few books that had been lounging without the attention they deserved over the last few weeks. I have been finding some small solace in reading. I know that for many people these are scary and uncertain times and I hope that you are finding comfort in any small ways that you can. Hello Kittens! I hope everyone is staying as well as they can.

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