I enjoyed the crap out of this gloomy mystery that has a timesplit between 1982 and 2017. In 1982 the young Vivian comes to Fell, NY, as a brief stopover which ends up permanent. To survive, she accepts a job as night clerk at a ramshackle Motel which turns out to be rather spooky. Something terrible happens one night, and in a cut to 2017 we find out from our protagonist Carly that 35 years ago her aunt Viv disappeared without a trace. Carly comes to Fell in order to learn more about this, and starts following in Viv's footsteps when she accepts the same job as night clerk.

In flashbacks we find out what really happened to Viv and learn how Carly figures out Viv's obsession with the tragic deaths of a number of women in Fell.

I was glued to this book. The Sun Down Motel is the gloomiest accomodation since The Overlook Hotel in The Shining. I think that's on purpose, Stephen King is named as favorite author by both Viv and Carly in the story. There are ghosts, a creepy murderer, and oodles of atmosphere.