ISBN: 9780593802762
Publisher: Knopf
Publication Date: 07/08/2025
Format: Other
My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC)
In this propulsive new thriller from the author of the breakout debut The Quiet Tenant, a reunion between estranged siblings is interrupted when a woman is found murdered at their luxury vacation resort, dredging up memories from a shared childhood they’ve tried to keep buried in the past.
Frida and Gabriel arrive seeking a fresh start at the stunning Ara Hotel in the secluded desert of Escalante, Utah. Once so close they were able to finish each other’s sentences, they’ve grown apart in recent years after a sudden, unspeakable tragedy. Now, at the luxe resort, they are ready to reconnect between dips in the pool and hikes on spectacular desert trails. It all feels like paradise—until the dead body of a beautiful young woman who was vacationing at the Ara with her powerful, much older husband is discovered. When the local police arrive and put the resort into lockdown, Gabriel and Frida are forced to revisit memories from their upbringing in a cloistered cult in upstate New York, led by a charismatic and fanatical leader. It was their dramatic, fiery escape from his control fifteen years earlier that bonded them for life—or so Frida thought.
Alternating between past and present timelines, Our Last Resort builds toward a shattering climax that uncovers the fate of the murdered Ara guest and reveals the shocking secrets Gabriel and Frida have been hiding for years. Taut, gripping, and intense, Clémence Michallon’s sophomore suspense novel is a nail-biter until the last page, cementing her status as a major new talent in the genre.
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About the Author
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CLÉMENCE MICHALLON is an author and a journalist. Her debut thriller The Quiet Tenant was published in June 2023 and is an international bestseller. Blumhouse TV has acquired the adaptation rights.
She was a staff writer at The Independent for five years, and is now freelance. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Time Magazine, Cosmopolitan UK, and more. Her essays and features have covered true-crime, celebrity culture, and literature.
Clémence graduated from Sciences Po in Paris. She studied journalism at City University of London and received a master’s in Journalism from Columbia University.
Born and raised near Paris, Clémence moved to New York City in 2014 and is a dual citizen of France and the US. She can be found on Instagram at @clemencemichallon
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Anthony Zuiker Adapting "The Quiet Tenant" For TV with Charlize Theron and Dawn Olmstead's Secret Menu and Blumhouse.
EXCLUSIVE: CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker has been tapped as writer, executive producer and showrunner for The Quiet Tenant, a limited series adaptation of the horror/suspense debut novel by Clémence Michallon.
“When I read Clémence Michallon’s The Quiet Tenant, I could not put it down,” Zuiker said.
“The descriptive nature of the story and its thrilling sensibilities in the narrative spoke to me for the small screen. This is a story about a woman taking her power back against the most pulse hammering of circumstances.”
