The Last Party

By: A. R. Torre

Narrated by: Amy Bentley, Will Damron, Neil Hellegers, Ellen Quay

A loving mother. A notorious murderer. They both have reasons to hide their secrets in a novel of escalating shock and suspense by New York Times bestselling author A. R. Torre.

Perla Wultz lives with her husband, Grant, and their precious daughter, Sophie, in a gated Pasadena community. Affluent, sociable, and accomplished, Perla plays the part of loving wife and mother to perfection. It seems an ideal life, if not for a decades-old crime that has become Perla’s dark and consuming secret obsession.

Twenty-three years ago, Leewood Folcrum confessed to murdering two young girls during a birthday party. Though he’s been condemned to a life sentence, his crime is not forgotten. Not by Perla, nor by an inquisitive doctoral student interviewing Folcrum for his dissertation. He’s getting the killer to open up—about his motives, his confession, and the truth of what really happened on that horrible night.

As the past and the present entwine, the deceptions behind the infamous murder begin to surface. But who’s deceiving who now? And why? And as an ingeniously twisted plan is set in motion, who will be the next to die?

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Critic reviews

“[E]ven savvy veterans who predict every twist will keep turning the pages compulsively as the mystery curdles into suspense.” —Kirkus Reviews

Nail biting Angst!

Awesome thriller. Kept me on edge until the last words! A.R. Torre, loved this one, characters and all!! Performances were perfect!

lots of twisted twists

Reading a book is very hard for me when I really HATE the main character!

Ohhhh the twists and turns!

This book was so dark…and so messed up. I have never loved being so repulsed by a character in a story as much as this one. This was everything I love in a psychological thriller/crime thriller, and more. This is worth the listen. I found myself dissecting all kinds of tidbits from it after finishing it. So good!

Riveting storyline

The story was so unexpected. Can be hard to find a thriller outside of the standard stories. This was great. Finished in one day. Narration was excellent.

Implausible

The narration of Leewood was excellent. Overall the story was pretty implausible and the twists were not too surprising.