At The Library

Shawna Bauer-Kenyon is a Library Assistant at the Idea Exchange — Old Post Office. She reccomends: “The Sun Down Motel” by Simone St. James

“The Sun Down Motel” by Simone St. James, Berkley, 2020, 327 pages

September is a time that many return to a new academic year to grow tow toward bright future. After the death of her mother, Carly Kirk chooses to uncover the mystery of her Aunt Viv’s disappearance 35 years earlier, before returning to her future. This journey begins at “The Sun Down Motel” when Carly accepts the same night shift job that Viv held just before she disappeared; and the job is not the only echo of Viv’s life Carly slips into.

The nignight shiftveals that Viv is not the only person to have disappeared from the area. However, not all of the others have left The Sun Down Motel. Some of the ghostly residents are aggressive and frightening. So are some of the very real people of Fell, New York. Carly will need to find her answers in time to leave before she too disappears.

Simone St. James, a Southern-Ontario writer, has penned a riveting ghost story leaving you fearful for Carly to solve the mysteries trapping ghosts and humans at The Sun Down Motel.