ARC Review: The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda

Genre ~ mystery

Featuring ~ 5 part story, wilderness, slow burn

Release date ~ July 26, 2022

POV ~ single 1st person

Page count ~ 332

Audio length ~ 9 hours 23 minutes

My rating ~ 3⭐

My review:

The missing tourists are:
Landon West ~ 4/2/22
Farrah Jordan ~ 1/16/19
Alice Kelly ~ 9/2/12
Fraternity Four ~ 6/6/97

Abby has worked at the Passage Inn for 10 years, but only started looking into the hiker’s disappearances after Trey, brother of the most resent missing fella, Landon, comes to town. If she was so interested in what happened then what took her so long to investigate?

I usually give Megan 4 stars, but this and her last one were just meh for me. I usually enjoy when there’s no cell service, which adds to the suspense of the story, but I didn’t find the plot gripping or riveting as promised. I will give her next book a whirl though.

*Thanks to Scribner, the author and NetGalley for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*

I was able to listen to the final version as well, so I went back and forth reading and listening. Narrated by Alex Allwine for 9 hours and 23 minutes, easy to follow at 2.25-2.5x. She did a fine job.

At the time of this post it has a 3.58 rating on GR and an even 4 on Amazon. If you read it, what did you think?

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Book blurb:

New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda returns with a gripping and propulsive thriller that opens with the disappearance of a journalist who is investigating a string of vanishings in the resort town of Cutter’s Pass—will its dark secrets finally be revealed?

Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, managing The Passage Inn, a cozy, upscale resort nestled in the North Carolina mountain town of Cutter’s Pass. Cutter’s Pass is best known for its outdoor offerings—rafting and hiking, with access to the Appalachian trail by way of a gorgeous waterfall—and its mysterious history. As the book begins, the string of unsolved disappearances that has haunted the town is once again thrust into the spotlight when journalist Landon West, who was staying at the inn to investigate the story of the vanishing trail, then disappears himself.

Abby has sometimes felt like an outsider within the community, but she’s come to view Cutter’s Pass as her home. When Landon’s brother Trey shows up looking for answers, Abby can’t help but feel the town closing ranks. And she’s still on the outside. When she finds incriminating evidence that may bring them closer to the truth, Abby soon discovers how little she knows about her coworkers, neighbors, and even those closest to her.

Megan Miranda brings her best writing to The Last to Vanish, a riveting thriller filled with taut suspense and shocking twists that will keep you guessing until the very end.

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