“McMahon manages to turn Vermont’s verdant, picturesque scenery into the backdrop for some truly unnerving plots…. A powerful story of childhood friendship and sisterhood…. Each believed the other to be something truly monstrous, but only one knows the secret that will haunt the generations to come. Sylvie Slater had dreams of running off to Hollywood and becoming Alfred Hitchcock’s leading lady, while her little sister, Rose, was content with their simple life. Now, Amy stands accused of committing a horrific crime, and the only hint to her motives is a hasty message that forces Piper and Margot to revisit the motel’s past, and the fate of two sisters who lived there in its heyday. They loved exploring the abandoned rooms … until the day their innocent games uncovered something dark and twisted that ruined their friendship forever.

The Tower Motel was once a thriving attraction of rural Vermont. Today it lies in disrepair, alive only in the memories of the three women-Amy, Piper, and Piper’s kid sister, Margot-who played there as children. “Bestseller McMahon (The Winter People) combines suspense with fantasy in this convoluted tale… effectively creates an atmosphere of horror.From the New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McMahon ( The Winter People) comes an atmospheric, gripping, and suspenseful tale that probes the bond between sisters and the peril of keeping secrets. Each believed the other to be something truly monstrous, but only one carries the secret that would haunt the generations to come. As Margot and Piper investigate, a cleverly woven plot unfolds-revealing the story of Sylvie and Rose, two other sisters who lived at the motel during its 1950s heyday. Suddenly, Margot and Piper are forced to relive the time that they found the suitcase that once belonged to Silvie Slater, the aunt that Amy claimed had run away to Hollywood to live out her dream of becoming Hitchcock's next blonde bombshell leading lady. Now adult, Piper and Margot have tried to forget what they found that fateful summer, but their lives are upended when Piper receives a panicked midnight call from Margot, with news of a horrific crime for which Amy stands accused. The three played there as girls until the day that their games uncovered something dark and twisted in the motel's past, something that ruined their friendship forever.

Once the thriving attraction of rural Vermont, the Tower Motel now stands in disrepair, alive only in the memories of Amy, Piper, and Piper's kid sister, Margot. The latest novel from New York Times best-selling author Jennifer McMahon is an atmospheric, gripping, and suspenseful tale that probes the bond between sisters and the peril of keeping secrets.

The night sister by jennifer mcmahon