The Vacancy in Room 10: A Psychological Crime Thriller

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:

• The Vanishing Hour
• On a Quiet Street
• Such a Good Wife
• Someone's Listening

Author: Seraphina Nova Glass
Publisher: Graydon House
Published: 04/09/2024
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.28w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9781525809804


Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/26/2024
Booklist 03/01/2024 pg. 28

About the Author
Nova Glass, Seraphina: - Seraphina Nova Glass is the Edgar Award-nominated author of On A Quiet Street, which was recently optioned for a TV series by MarVista Entertainment. Publishers Weekly has named her "a writer to watch." She's also an award-winning playwright and holds an MFA degree in dramatic writing from Smith College and a second MFA in directing from the University of Idaho. A proud dog mom and an avid world traveler, she resides in Dallas, Texas, with her husband and her Boston terrier, Spaghetti.