The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda

The author, Megan Miranda, is a New York Times best-selling author of a variety of books. She grew up in New Jersey, went to MIT, and now lives in North Carolina. This, her latest novel, is set in fictional Cutter’s Pass, North Carolina, on the Appalachian Trail where six different people have vanished over the past three decades. The last to vanish was Landon West, a journalist who came to try to figure out the vanishings. Months later, his brother, Trey, checks into the Passage Inn. Abigail Lovett, a woman who moved to Cutter’s Pass ten years ago and manages it, becomes more and more disturbed as she uncovers incriminating new evidence. “To some, the small town of Cutter’s Pass, North Carolina, with its Appalachian vistas and cozy Passage Inn, is downright idyllic. To others, it’s deadly…. As Trey and Abby dig into the case, Abby realizes that the town is keeping secrets even from her.” —Bustle, Best Book of July. “Megan Miranda knows how to land a twist, and her latest thriller demo