![]() This is a brilliant tale of psychological suspense in that "everyone" is a suspect in a sense. ![]() Madge herself, the widow of a police sergeant, even has her own secrets. In one fateful night, their paths cross at just the right-or rather, "wrong"-moment. McBean expertly wove his tale of these six travelers-completely unrelated-yet inexplicably linked by invisible threads yet to be found. I've read some reviews commenting that the characters were two-dimensional, but I have to say that I honestly got a feel for each and every one of them during the course of the novel. Motel owner, Madge Fraiser, has seen all kinds of things in her line of work, but something about this particular grouping puts even HER well-honed experience on edge. The first, two apprehensive friends (whose night took an unexpected turn), the next, a husband and wife, and last, a man with his "son". ![]() The main storyline begins with three separate groups of people, stopping on a stormy Halloween night at a motel-in the middle of a secluded stretch of wooded terrain. ![]() First off, I have to give credit for the design of this book-it is made to look like an old VHS tape, complete with "warnings" and "home video" labels on it. As a fan of his later work, I was very eager to read some of his earlier writing. It took me a while, but I was finally able to procure a lettered, AND a paperback copy of the THE LAST MOTEL, by Brett McBean. ![]()
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