Narrated by Christine Lakin and Dawn Harvey, The Only One Left by Riley Sager has a runtime of 12 hrs 32 mins on Audible.
Publisher’s Summary
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Named a summer book to watch by The Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, Oprah, Paste, Country Living, Good Housekeeping, and Nerd Daily
“Propulsive … a dizzying Gothic whodunit.”
—New York Times Book Review
Bestselling author Riley Sager returns with a Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to work for a woman accused of a Lizzie Borden-like massacre decades earlier.
At seventeen, Lenora Hope
Hung her sister with a rope
Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than her denial after the killings, she has never spoken publicly about that night, nor has she set foot outside Hope’s End, the cliffside mansion where the massacre occurred.
Stabbed her father with a knife
Took her mother’s happy life
It’s now 1983, and home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope’s End to care for Lenora after her previous nurse fled in the middle of the night. In her seventies and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora was rendered mute by a series of strokes and can only communicate with Kit by tapping out sentences on an old typewriter. One night, Lenora uses it to make a tantalizing offer—I want to tell you everything.
“It wasn’t me,” Lenora said
But she’s the only one not dead
As Kit helps Lenora write about the events leading to the Hope family massacre, it becomes clear there’s more to the tale than people know. But when new details about her predecessor’s departure come to light, Kit starts to suspect Lenora might not be telling the complete truth—and that the seemingly harmless woman in her care could be far more dangerous than she first thought.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin and Dawn Harvey
- Length: 12 hrs 32 mins
- Publisher: Penguin Audio
- Release year: 2023
- Audible category: Literature & Fiction / Horror / Gothic
Listener Ratings
The Only One Left holds an average listener rating of 4.5/5 from 13033 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.7/5
- Story: 4.5/5
- 5-star ratings: 69% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “wow”
Riley Sager books are hit or miss for me. This one definitely had some slow burning spots but man, all the twists and turns were excellent. idk about the whole gothic thing reviewers keep saying, other than an old, falling in house. This was really good story with great characters.— Cindy, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Great performance and plot twists galore”
Just when you think you got it figured out there’s another twist. Right up until the very end.
Love the old mansion gothic setting and the murder whodunnit vibe. Would highly recommend as a
Fun summer listen!— Rose, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Wow!!! “
Looooooved this story! Great twists and turns along the way. Just when you thought you’ve figured it out…NOPE! 🥰— Fal Pal, Audible listener
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