The Sun Down Motel

"The Sun Down Motel" by Simone St. James is an atmospheric, spine-tingling blend of true-crime mystery and supernatural horror. Set in the quiet town of Fell, New York, the novel seamlessly shifts between two timelines. In 1982, Viv Delaney takes a night shift job as a clerk at the spooky Sun Down Motel to save money, only to uncover dark secrets before mysteriously vanishing. In 2017, her niece, Carly Kirk, driven by lifelong curiosity, moves to Fell and takes the exact same night shift job at the motel to find out what happened to her aunt. As Carly digs deeper into the motel's history, she realizes that Viv's disappearance is connected to a series of unsolved murders spanning decades—and that the ghosts inhabiting the motel are determined to keep their secrets or help her bring the killer to light. St. James delivers a masterclass in suspense, grief, and sisterhood.

Because it offers a masterfully paced, gripping double-narrative that perfectly combines chilling haunted-house elements with an addictive murder mystery.

For fans of supernatural thrillers, murder mysteries, haunted house stories, true-crime-inspired fiction, and readers who enjoy dual-timeline suspense narratives.