In 1982, feeling suffocated by her small town, Viv Delaney packed her bags and left for New York City.
But she didn’t get that far.
Instead, out of money and desperate, she found herself in the sleepy town of Fell and another guest of the notorious Sun Down Motel.
It was once a place of promise, constructed in the anticipation of the amusement park that was going to revive the fortunes of the small town.
But the park was never built, the guests never arrived and a tragic death meant that the Sun Down Motel has a troubled reputation.
Viv became its night manager and started to notice eerie occurrences while she worked: the smell of cigarette smoke when no one is around, the sound of footsteps running past the abandoned pool and room doors slamming open in the night.
The Sun Down Motel has many mysteries and, one night, Viv becomes one of them: One morning, the office door is found wide open with Viv’s purse and identification still inside.
She is nowhere to be found.
Carly never knew that she had an aunt until she finds newspaper clippings while going through her late mother’s belongings.
Inspired, she moves to Fell to investigate the unsolved mystery and is hired at the Sun Down Motel to work Viv’s old shift.
She begins to discover not only what happened to her aunt, but the other secrets that the walls of the motel hold.
Told in alternative viewpoints between Carly and Viv, The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James is perfect for fans of true crime or anyone looking for a spooky read.
