The Last Invitation
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Last published Thu, Jun 5, 2025
When seventeen-year-old Sadie Quinn arrives at the remote Halcyon Isle in place of her ailing aunt, she expects to spend a quiet week cataloging rare books. Instead, she finds herself stranded with ten strangers in a stark, brutalist mansion owned by the enigmatic billionaire Richard Dane.
On the second night, Dane is found dead-an apparent suicide in his locked study. But as the storm cuts the island off from the world, Sadie begins to notice details no one else sees. A torn page, a missing bottle, a silent figure watching her from the cliffs.
Drawn into an unraveling mystery, Sadie forms a reluctant bond with Jules Dane, the aloof grandchild of the victim. But the deeper she digs, the more she realizes that everyone on the island is hiding something-including Jules.
And someone is willing to kill to keep the truth buried.
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