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The Vacancy in Room 10

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A 2025 Edgar-Award Nominee!
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"[An] entertaining thriller [that] maintain[s] tension and intrigue through to the satisfying end. The author's fans will devour this." —Publishers Weekly
The Paris Apartment meets The Wrong Family in this thrilling tale of crime, passion and murder set in a run-down apartment complex packed with shady characters willing to go to deadly lengths to keep their darkest secrets from the stranger in their midst.

When Anna Hartley's husband, Henry, calls her with a terrible, guilty confession, she can't believe what she hears. It has to be a bad joke—the mild, predictable artist she married would never hurt a fly, let alone commit murder. But her confusion turns to horror when police find his body washed up on the banks of the Rio Grande.
Desperate for answers to the millions of questions his untimely death has raised, Anna checks in to The Sycamores, the run-down motel turned apartment Henry rented as an art studio. As she absorbs every bit of gossip the eclectic mix of residents are willing to share about her husband and each other, she begins to piece together a picture of a very different man than the one she married, and the life he led behind her back. The more she learns, and the less sense things seem to make, she finds herself wondering: Did she ever really know Henry at all?
But Henry's secrets aren't the only ones; as Anna's search for clues expands, Cass, the mysterious, jaded motel manager, seems more and more determined to keep Anna in the dark. And when threatening letters start appearing at her door, Anna has to decide what's more important—the truth, or her own safety.
Looking for another heart-pounding thriller? In bestselling author Seraphina Nova Glass's upcoming thriller, NOTHING EVER HAPPENS HERE, new threats and hidden secrets in a small town spark a desperate race against time...
Other thrillers from Seraphina to keep you up all night:
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  • Such a Good Wife
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      • Publisher's Weekly

        February 26, 2024
        Two women face violent relationship troubles at a seedy apartment complex in this entertaining thriller from Glass (The Vanishing Hour). Struggling New Mexico reporter Anna Hartley receives a frantic call from her husband, Henry, who confesses to “ruin everything” and killing someone. Then she hears a bang at the other end of the line, and Henry drops dead; when authorities recover his body from the Rio Grande, they rule his death a suicide. Anna responds by moving into the Sycamores, the dilapidated apartment complex where Henry rented an art studio, and trying to decode his final moments. She quickly becomes entangled in the Sycamores’ many personal dramas, and before long, begins receiving threatening messages urging her to stop her investigation. Might one of the Sycamores’ residents be responsible for Henry’s death? Meanwhile, Sycamores property manager Cassidy Abbott flounders to get back on her feet after the end of a bad relationship, and begins blackmailing unfaithful or violent men for personal catharsis. Glass paints on a broad canvas, working with perhaps too many characters and subplots, but she still manages to maintain tension and intrigue through to the satisfying end. The author’s fans will devour this. Agent: Sharon Bowers, Folio Literary.

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        March 1, 2024
        Follow the unraveling lives of two women as they become unexpectedly entangled in a mystery and a murder. Cass has just been thrown out by her cheating boyfriend and is forced to take a handyman job at The Sycamores apartment complex in exchange for free rent. However, the actual pay is so low that she takes the opportunity to blackmail a few unfaithful husbands for some extra cash. Anna has just lost her husband, Henry, who was using one of the apartments as his art studio. Henry's chilling final phone call to Anna leads her to The Sycamores in order to uncover the truth about his death. Cass and Anna's lives are forever connected after Cass lands herself in trouble trying to blackmail the wrong guy, which starts a domino effect of secrets, lies, and betrayal. Although it often feels as if there is too much going on, Glass (Such a Good Wife, 2021) weaves an interesting plot that keeps readers intrigued until the end. Recommended for fans of murder mysteries, the novel alternates points of view while developing themes of chosen family and perseverance.

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