The only one left is a 2023 murder mystery / horror novel by american author todd ritter, writing under the pen name riley sager Early on, the novel evokes such genre classics as “the fall of the house of usher” and rebecca, establishing a moody atmosphere and intriguingly suspicious characters The plot concerns a woman who takes a job caring for elderly invalid lenora hope, who was accused decades ago of murdering her parents and younger sister.
The Only One Left Summary, Characters and Themes
In her seventies and confined to a wheelchair, lenora was rendered mute by a series of strokes and can only communicate with kit by tapping out sentences on an old typewriter
One night, lenora uses it to make a tantalizing offer— i want to tell you everything.
As kit delves into lenora’s chilling history, she uncovers dark secrets and questions everything she thought she knew The book explores themes of murder, family secrets, and the blurred lines. The only one left by riley sagerthe novel moves between kit’s narration in the present and lenora’s typewritten account of her life leading up to the incident
