I devoured this book! The writing was fantastic and the story line kept me guessing. I did not suspect the killer and the twists at the end were perfect.

I really enjoyed this book! It was a little slow at first, but then the twists and turns really came home. Well done!

This book was full of adventure and intrigue. The author’s descriptions of the isolated setting are spot-on. You feel like you’re really there! Great book!

Abby worked at an inn in Cutter's Pass, North Carolina. The Passage Inn had a fantastic view of The Appalachian Mountains, and hiking from the inn could put you on The Appalachian Trail. Cutter's Pass was a typical small town where everybody knew everybody's business. However, nobody knew one thing, and that was what happened to the Fraternity Four. Four guys disappeared in the mountains and were never heard from again. This mystery was as much a draw to Cutter's Pass as its outdoor offerings, of rafting and hiking, with access to the Appalachian Trail by way of a gorgeous waterfall. The disappearances happened long before Abby came to work at the Passage Inn, but others had disappeared over the years. Just as the thing settled down after the last disappearance, Mr. Clarke comes in out of the rain seeking a place to stay. But it turns out that his name is really Trey West, the brother of the last person to disappear.
The story is a slow stroll through the days in the end and getting to meet the town's people. As you follow Abby's days, you begin to feel like she is happy with her job as manager of The Passage inn but she is also looking for answers. The last person to vanish was actually a guest at the Inn. He was a journalist. Landon West had come to Cutter's Pass to find answers about the previous disappearance only to disappear himself. The story takes place between August 2022 when Trey West arrives, filling the pages with backstories about the others who vanished as it meanders its way to an explosive conclusion September 2022
This is a good read if you like slow-building momentum in your mystery. It was not an action-packed page-turner until near the end. I have to admit that at first, I was not really into it, but it did begin to grow on me as little hints and clues are shown in the thoughts of Abby as she goes through her daily routine. It will definitely keep you guessing until the end.

Megan Miranda has been a hit-or-miss author for me; I enjoyed The Last House Guest but gave a 1 star review to The Girl From Widow Hills. This book fell more in the middle for me. I think Abby's connection to the cases was easy to guess, the culprit for the more recent disappearances seemed out of left field without any real supporting evidence along the way. Also it was a slow read - the beginning 70% is a long drag of setting up a small town feel.

This is one of my favorites by Miranda so far! The story is set in a small town, full of secrets and mysterious disappearances. I found myself shocked by many of the twist and turns and was on the edge of my seat for the last few chapters! Highly recommend preordering this one and reading it asap!

Thanks to @netgalley and @simonandschuster for this preview copy in exchange for an honest review.

Megan Miranda has done it again! I swear, every one of her books surpasses the last for me. She writes utterly readable thrillers that keep you guessing until the final pages, and The Last to Vanish is no exception.

What I loved most about this book was the setting: a small-town, mountain community in the shadow of the Appalachian Trail. The town, steeped in the mystery surrounding a series of disappearances over the last 25 years, is full of secrets and sketchy characters.

As a person who loves hiking and the mountains, the woods and trails came alive as a character all of their own.

The mystery builds slowly, but once it hits its stride, it takes on the pacing of a great thriller. I was racing to flip the (proverbial) pages on my Kindle to see where the trail led.

This was a fantastic read, cover-to-cover, and one you need to preorder for its arrival in July!

In THE LAST TO VANISHN Megan Miranda once again delivers a thriller with her signature gifts of whiplash pacing, stunning surprises, and an increasingly claustrophobic sense of pace. Intense and never predictable, this book is a gift to thriller readers.

Many thanks to Scribners and to Netgalley for an early look.

The latest thriller from Megan Miranda - Abby works at a resort in Cutter’s Pass in the North Carolina mountains. However, this town is known for its series of disappearances spanning decades. After a journalist goes missing, his brother comes to investigate. Abby decides to investigate as well unearthing secrets that perhaps better left buried.

This one kept me reading and not wanting to put it down! The twists weren’t the most shocking or crazy, but I still really enjoyed this one.

I received my copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Abby Lovett has worked at the Passage Inn at Cutter's Pass for 10 years. As the niece of the owner, she has been given most of the responsibility of running the inn. Lingering in Cutter's Pass history are the disappearances of hikers at Shallow Falls. Most recent disappearance four months ago is Landon West. More questions arise, when Landon's brother checks into the inn asking questions and conducting his own investigation. Buried secrets are brought out as Abby realizes the disappearances may have more to do with the inn than she'd like to know.

I loved the suspense of not knowing who to trust in a tight-nit community that will do anything for each other, including lying about murder.

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, Scribner and by #NetGalley. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

I look forward to reading a thriller keeping me engaged, The Last to a vanish did.

What a wild ride it was. The story was a slow burn, rather than rushed. I prefer that over shoving details in for details sake.

I enjoy Megan Miranda’s books although sometimes think of them as sort of fluff reads- a good story if you don’t look too hard at them. Nothing that is award worthy but nonetheless a good quick read. Recently I realized that I LOVE books that take place in a wilderness setting especially the Appalachian Trail and unfortunately there aren’t a ton of good fictional thrillers out there that take place there so when I read the description of this book I was excited especially because I do already read all of Megan Miranda’s books.

This is her best book to date. I’ll be honest, while I was reading it, while I was fully immersed and had a hard time putting the book down, I kept waiting for some substance to the book but it seemed to consist of character profiles and backstory on the town and while that is important, I started getting antsy. I had already started to formulate my review which included words like predictable and lackluster but I was so wrong. I thought I had the book figured out but I was so far off base, so far off. The end of the story is where all those weird nuances in the book that seem out of place or details not fully fleshed out come together with a one, two punch to the gut and all start to make sense with sudden clarity.

There is nothing I love more than a book that is unique and doesn’t have a plot that has been rehashed a million different times but when you get one that also has a twist that you couldn’t see coming a mile away, it’s a sure fire winner for me. 4.5 stars rounded up to 5 stars. Don’t sleep on this one! It’s one of the best books I’ve read this year.

Megan Miranda does again! This is a terrific mystery filled with unique characters. Some have lived in Cutter’s Pass their entire lives, some are still consider outsiders after ten years. But they are all bound by a string of disappearances that tourist are obsessed with. I really enjoyed this story!

This is the first book I've read by Megan Miranda. Abby, who has been working at a rustic inn abutting trails going into the Appalachians, has been in the area for 10 years and is intrigued by the disappearance of various visitors starting 25 years ago. Abby determines to try to ferret out the reasons for these disappearances, and the ending is totally unexpected and unpredictable. The setting of the book is deftly handled and its dark and gloomy atmosphere highlights Abby's search for the visitors to the town who have disappeared. The plot twists and the exposure of characters who have seemed friendly and helpful is shocking.

Miranda came through with another suspenseful and reflective mystery here and ai loved it! Can’t wait to recommend it for patrons.

A Megan Miranda book promises a suspenseful and well-plotted mystery and this is the best of all of her titles I've read. Clues that all is not as it seems in the secluded resort town of Cutter's Pass are sprinkled throughout the book, building a sense of unease as you read your way to a surprising and satisfying conclusion. I loved the main character Abby, who despite living in town for decades is still considered something of an outsider, the resort-town setting, both eerie and glamourous, and the solid cast of supporting characters who were intriguing each in their own way.

I enjoyed The Last To Vanish. It was a definite slow burn for almost 60% of the book, but the ending was unexpected and surprising. The story focuses on the disappearances of random people from the town of Cutter’s Pass with Abby, a manager of the local inn, as the narrator. It explores the history of the town, the characters and all their different motives, and Abby’s determination and rising suspicion to discover what happened to these disappearing hikers especially when the last person to vanish — his brother, Trey, comes to town demanding answers. This was a well written slow burn suspense novel, but I’ve read a few books by Megan Miranda before and I enjoyed this one the most out of them all. I would definitely recommend.

Megan Miranda is one of my favorite authors, so naturally, I was thrilled to start The Last to Vanish. The story is centered around disappearances in Cutter's Pass, NC, and the book main's character, Abby. It's a true "whodunit" thriller with an ending that I did not see coming.

If I based the book on the last 25%, it would be a five-star review without a doubt. However, the first 75% of the book was disappointingly slow. If it wasn't a Megan Miranda book, I would have quit and marked this as a DNF. However, I'm glad I stuck it out, as I thought the ending was great and wrapped up everything nicely.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

A huge thank you to Net Galley and Scribner / Marysue Rucci Books for the advanced copy of this juicy thrill.

The Passage Inn has mystique in many forms: it’s beautiful design, handcrafted by the owners; it’s prime location, leading into trails that wind to the Appalachian; and more grimly, its series of connections to several missing people over the last few decades. Abby has worked there for ten years and knows the community like the back of her hand: the residents, the history, the stories. But after the most recent disappearance, she’s begun to view her home differently: what is really happening in Cutter’s Pass and who is involved?

Ooooh, I love me a Megan Miranda thrill. She has this way of writing so you have a pit in your stomach, grasping every word, wanting to read just one more page. This one felt a little overly elaborate at times, as there is intense detailing to ensure the reader knows the setting and the characters well. However wordy it was at times, I loved the story.