darlenen 's review for:

The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
4.0

3.5 stars rounded up to 4 stars. Another great mystery from Simone St. James! Not only a mystery, but a ghost story as well. The book starts at the Sundown Motel in 1982. Viv, a girl from Illinois, ends up in Fell, NY on her way to NYC. She starts working at the Sundown Motel, which she quickly realizes is haunted. She also starts to investigate why so many girls are killed in Fell, but one night she goes missing. 35 years later, Viv’s niece, Carly, travels to Fell to find out what happened to her aunt. She also works at the Sundown Motel as a night clerk and realizes the motel is haunted and starts investigating all the dead girls in Fell, just like her aunt 35 years earlier. I thought the ending wrapped things up nicely. In addition, I really enjoyed reading both points of view. The beginning was a little slow for me, but it really picks up from the middle to the end.