Catching up on the books I read while in Hawaii while on vacation.

In The Sun Down Motel, Simone St. James tells two stories of the Sun Down Motel, one involving Viv Delaney, who was the night clerk in 1982 before disappearing, and the other about her niece, Carly Kirk, who comes to town in 2017 to find out what happened to her aunt.  When Carly accepts the same job in order to get more information about her aunt, she soon finds herself ensnared in the same mysteries that caught Viv’s attention in 1982.

I had no previous experience with Simone St. James prior to this, but I had been intrigued by this book since its nomination for a Goodreads Choice Award in 2020.  I’m glad I finally got the chance to dive into it, as St. James tells an intriguing story across generations of one family, tied together by this mysterious motel in upstate New York and the trail of dead girls surrounding it.  I just may need to dig into what other offerings St. James has available.