The Off Season

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For fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware, a destination thriller about a woman who accompanies her new husband to a remote hotel during the off season to do renovationsand uncovers deadly secrets behind every door, from the author of the endlessly entertaining and fiendishly clever (Christina McDonald, USA TODAY bestselling author) thriller Last One Alive.

The Venatura Hotel desperately needs a facelift. Too bad renovations are murder on a marriage.

While recovering from a professional setback, documentary filmmaker Jane Duvall stays at a remote hotel during the off season with her new contractor husband, Dom, and his daughter, Sienna. Surrounded by an immense forest and the mighty Fraser River, Jane wants nothing more than to bond with her new family. But shes unsettled by the cold, quiet presence of the hotels owner, Peter, who is overseeing Doms renovations. When she starts asking questions, Dom grows distant and Sienna becomes belligerent. Undeterred, Jane uncovers secrets that make her question exactly who she married, including a series of strange disappearances at the hotel in previous seasons. When a rainstorm of epic proportions threatens to flood the banks of the river and claim the Venatura Hotel, Jane must solve these mysteries if shes to survive the off season.

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A well-written book with references to some good Golden Age mysteries. . . . Just who and why and what is happening to the people who went to the Point and who will be the last person standing is as clever a twist as Ms. Christie ever envisioned.
The Globe and Mail
A riveting, irresistible locked-room mystery reminiscent of Agatha Christie, Last One Alive is endlessly entertaining and fiendishly clever. So jam-packed with tension and suffused with dread, you wont be able to put it down!
CHRISTINA McDONALD, USA Today bestselling author of The Night Olivia Fell
A haunting, claustrophobic, unpredictablethrillerfor fans of Agatha Christie,Last One Aliveshowcases Amber Cowies extraordinary talent. As a violent storm rages outside a remote lodge, a group of strangers are stranded in a terrifying cat-and-mouse hunt for the murderer among them. Cowie writes with such skillful description that I could feel the cold and rain seep into my bones and my pulse spike as the exhilarating story reached a breakneck pace. A bewitchingread jam-packed with fascinating characters, this book is an absolute stand-out.
SAMANTHA M. BAILEY,USA Todayand #1 bestselling author ofWoman on the Edge
Cowie has done Agatha Christie proud in this stay-up-all-night, keep-all-the-lights-on mystery. With a setting thats remote, creepy, and possibly cursedand a story both haunting and harrowingLast One Alive will entertain you from the first disappearance to the final dead body.
MEGAN COLLINS, author of The Family Plot
An abandoned lodge. A group of suspect people. An old mystery to solve. And then, the guests begin disappearing one by one. Can they figure out what is going on before its too late Fans of Agatha Christie and Ruth Ware will want to pick this book up immediately!
CATHERINE McKENZIE, bestselling author of Have You Seen Her
Amber Cowie has the uncanny ability to transport her readers to the eerie wilderness settings of her novels, to keep them racing through her books like a person desperately trying to find their way back to safetybut still, somehow, not wanting the adventure to end. Last One Alive is a fast-paced story of folklore, revenge, and redemption, sure to keep you reading late into the night (with all the lights on).
SUZY KRAUSE, author of Sorry I Missed You

Author Bio

Amber Cowie is a novelist living in a small town on the west coast of British Columbia. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, The Globe and Mail, CrimeReads, and Scary Mommy. Her first novel, Rapid Falls, was a Whistler Book Awards nominee. She holds a history degree from the University of Victoria and is a mother of two. She likes skiing, running, and inventing stories that make for a questionable internet search history. Visit her at AmberCowie.com or on Twitter and Instagram @AmberCowie.