{"product_id":"the-last-booking-s-e-crofton-9798184685915","title":"The Last Booking: Every guest leaves a review. Hers left a warning. A domestic suspense thriller.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA good host notices everything. That's exactly the problem.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree years ago, Marnie's sister drowned off Cleve Bay. Three years ago, the whole town grieved with her. Now Marnie lets out the little flat above the old lifeboat station to strangers, leaves the milk in a jug and the hall light on, and keeps her four-point-nine stars spotless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen a booking arrives at 11:51 on a Tuesday - for the week of the anniversary - under a name that isn't quite a name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe review attached to it is five stars. \u003ci\u003eSpotless. Beautiful light.\u003c\/i\u003e And one line more: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd she always leaves the hall light on for you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobody knows about the hall light. Nobody living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the guest checks in - somehow already inside, already known, Marnie realises the visitor has been coming back for a year under different names, that they know what's behind the one locked door she never opens, and that they know her dead sister's most private secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone is sending a message only a drowned woman could send. A retired magistrate downstairs is writing a murder mystery that's edging too close to the truth. A quiet detective keeps tidying a file that won't lie down. And the closer everyone looks, the less certain it becomes whether Marnie is being haunted, hunted \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eor hiding something herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers of Freida McFadden, Lisa Jewell, and Alice Feeney - a twisty, unputdownable psychological thriller about grief, sisters, and the lies we host.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou'll never read a five-star review the same way again.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. E. Crofton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798184685915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.91d","brand":"S. E. Crofton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997854380287,"sku":"9798184685915","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-booking-s-e-crofton-9798184685915","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}