Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling

A taut, ominous gothic that plays with preconceptions of gender and genre
alike. Starling illuminates her characters brilliantly, and isn't afraid of the dark
corners behind them. This book runs like clockwork - but it's unpredictable too,
unnervingly so, like a machine finely calibrated to self-destruct. It reads like
Shirley Jackson writing an episode of Severance ." - Isaac Fellman, author of
Dead Collections and The Two Doctors Gorski.
"A stylish and chilling technothriller, Last to Leave the Room had me rapt at
every page. Starling once again succeeds with this tense, atmospheric tale of
genius and hubris, one that will have readers question their sense of identity
until the chilling end." - Victor Manibo, author of The Sleepless

Caitlin Starling writes horror-tinged speculative fiction of all flavors. Her first
novel, The Luminous Dead, won the LOHF Best Debut Award and was
nominated for both the Bram Stoker and Locus Awards. She is also the author
of the gothic horror tales Yellow Jessamine and The Death of Jane Lawrence,
as well as a novella in the Vampire: The Masquerade audio collection, Walk
Among Us . Her nonfiction has appeared in Nightmare and Uncanny . Starling
also works in narrative design, and has been paid to invent body parts. She's
always on the lookout for new ways to inflict insomnia.

St. Martin's Press
On Sale: Oct 10/23
6.12 x 9.25 • 320 pages
9781250282613 • $39.00 • CL - With dust jacket
Fiction / Horror