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The Last to Drown

by Noelle W. Ihli

A rafting trip turns into a test of trust

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    USA Today bestselling author

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A rafting trip turns into a test of trust

An isolated stretch of whitewater connects a present-day rafting trip to a violent case from seven years earlier. As unsettling incidents begin to echo that history, Kaia must weigh what the guides and guests are telling her while the group remains far from civilization. The river setting makes the limited route to safety part of the suspense, while the lingering questions around the earlier killings add a true-crime thread to the thriller’s central mystery. The setup brings together wilderness danger, hidden knowledge, and the possibility that the past is not finished with Camas Creek.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers of suspense thrillers set in remote environments
  • For readers interested in mysteries involving a past crime and present-day danger
  • For readers who enjoy stories built around suspicion among a group of strangers

Themes

Isolation and survivalSecrets and suspicionThe persistence of unresolved crimes

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Book overview

Five days. Twenty strangers. No way out.

The rafting trip was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime. But Kaia's starting to think she made a mistake.

Because ever since the whispers about Camas Creek began, all she feels is dread.

Seven years earlier, a guide murdered a group of rafters on this same isolated stretch of water. The killer's body was recovered downstream-but the true-crime community has never stopped asking questions.

And for good reason.

The incidents start small-a flipped raft, missing supplies, and screams in the night-but the pattern is sickeningly familiar. And with eighty-four miles of whitewater until any sign of civilization, safety has never felt so far away.

Kaia suspects that one of the guides is lying. One of the guests knows more than she's saying. And somewhere on this river, someone is planning to finish what started at Camas Creek.

2026 IngramSpark&reg Editorial Selection - Mystery/Thriller

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