The Woman in Room 13
  • Published: 23 April 2025
  • ISBN: 9781405962896
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $22.99

The Woman in Room 13

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A twisty, pulse-pounding read that offers a modern psychological thriller update on The Shining

When Kerry arrives to start a new job as the caretaker of a remote motel in the Catskills, she’s excited for a fresh start.
But she quickly realises that something is very wrong.
Her room is full of the previous caretaker’s belongings – and it looks like she was trying to leave in a hurry.
And then, Kerry sees it – the trails of blood. The hand reaching out from the snow…
Confused and scared, in the midst of a snowstorm, Kerry goes out to seek help. When the police arrive, though, things go from bad to worse.
Because the body has disappeared. But the killer is still out there…
  • Published: 23 April 2025
  • ISBN: 9781405962896
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the author

Leah Konen

Leah Konen is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied journalism and English literature. She's the author of several young adult novels, including Love and Other Train Wrecks and The Romantics.

She lives in Brooklyn and Saugerties, NY, with her husband, their daughter, Eleanor, and their dog, Farley. One White Lie is her first thriller.

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Praise for The Woman in Room 13

Praise for Leah Konen

A brilliantly constructed murder mystery. I didn't want it to end!

Andrea Bartz

Intense, unpredictable and completely addictive

T.M. Logan

The twists keep on coming right up to the final page

Sarah Pinborough

Clever, complex and expertly planned

Rachel Abbott

Riveting, deliriously enteratining...I couldn't turn the pages fast enoguh. Unbearably tense with masterful plotting...It's Highsmith meets Lucy Foley with Konen's signature whip-smart voice and customary refreshing spin on domestic suspense

May Cobb

A smart thriller that keeps you guessing

Heat

A taut, compelling thriller

Samantha Downing

I devoured this twisty, addictive, feminist take on The Shining. Terrifying and taut, The Woman In Room 13 is equal parts tantalizing mystery, scary snowstorm survival tale, and thoughtful portrait of a complex female friendship speeding toward a cliff. If you love tightly plotted thrillers about women on the edge - read this now

Andrea Bartz

Full of creepiness and tenable red herrings, the story is solidly engaging, with the author offering just enough breadcrumbs to hint at the truth without giving anything away too soon...[the] setting of the secluded motel is evocative and entirely eerie...A fast-paced thriller

Kirkus

The Woman In Room 13 is a masterclass in psychological tension, weaving themes of creativity, ambition, and betrayal into a gripping narrative that kept me unable to look away until I reached the last page. Konen expertly explores the haunting space between truth and deception, both in the stories we write and the ones we live. A must-read for anyone who loves a thriller that lingers long after the final page

Danielle Valentine

Konen deftly shifts the mesmerizing narrative between characters as well as back and forth in time, with nerve-shredding results, before delivering a pulse-pounding conclusion with a final, delightfully devious, Hitchcockian twist. Tipping her literary cap to Stephen King’s The Shining, Konen serves up a superbly crafted novel of suspense that will thrill and delight fans of Lucy Foley, Alice Feeney, and Sarah Pearse

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