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The Sun Down Motel
by Simone St. James
I love looking at women in true crime, whether they're the perpetrator or (more often) victim, and I love how this approached that. The story follows these generations of women looking for girls that history forgot, and trying to resolve their stories when everyone else gave up. The relationships between women are so important to me, and there are so many strong women here.
This was also genuinely scary, which I wasn't expecting. There's already a sense of unease because we know how the story ends for so many women, and this subverts every sexist trope we've been trained to expect. I am 100% in for anything else St. James writes, since mysteries/thrillers with inherently feminist themes are what I live for.
This was also genuinely scary, which I wasn't expecting. There's already a sense of unease because we know how the story ends for so many women, and this subverts every sexist trope we've been trained to expect. I am 100% in for anything else St. James writes, since mysteries/thrillers with inherently feminist themes are what I live for.