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Last One to Leave

Auteur(s): Benjamin Stevenson
Narrateur(s): Timothy Howard Jackson
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Seven strangers are invited to compete to win a clifftop mansion. The rules are simple: each contestant must have at least one hand in contact with one part of the house at all times. The last one to take their hand off, wins the house.

After 36 hours, a contestant is murdered. Soon they start to realise that it may not be the last person to leave the house that wins it, it may be the last person alive.

From the bestselling author of Find Us and Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone comes a locked room mystery where the door is open, but no-one wants to walk through it.

©2022 Benjamin Stevenson (P)2022 Audible Australia Pty Ltd. Suspense Thrillers et romans à suspense
About the Creator - Benjamin Stevenson

About the Creator

Benjamin Stevenson is an award-winning stand-up comedian and author. His first novel, Greenlight, was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction, and his second novel, Either Side of Midnight, was shortlisted for the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Original Paperback.
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, his bestselling third novel, has sold in 26 territories around the world and is soon to be adapted by HBO. It was named one of the best crime novels of 2022 by The Sunday Times, and shortlisted for the Dymocks Book of the Year 2022, ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year 2023 and BookPeople's Fiction Book of the Year 2023. His next novel, Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect, will be released in October 2023.
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Weirdly marketed as a thriller, but the only twist is spoiled in the intro so on that front it reallyyyy doesn’t deliver.

Instead it’s a slow-paced whodunnit about a murder that takes place while everyone is asleep, and a man coming to terms with what it means to be a good role model for his daughter. It’s good... But it’s going to disappoint if you hear the soft open spoiler clip and expect that to represent what’s coming.

Skip past the soft open spoilers and it would be way better

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Have listened to a couple books from this author through the audible plus sub and have not been let down. This one felt like a modern and then there were none. I will be getting more from this author in the future.

Great!

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I enjoy Benjamin Stevenson's stories very much. The narration was too "dramatic" for my taste; that style of narration would be better suited to a period romance, in my opinion. Also, the narrator should have been Australian since that was the accent in which it was written.

twists and turns!

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Quick listen, good premise, great writing. Predictable, not super juicy and not enough to make me want to listen again. I don’t regret listening to it and glad it was included. I wish they went deeper into the game of it all.

And then…

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“𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒔? […] 𝑨𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍.”

After loving Benjamin Stevenson’s Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone, I was super excited to see that he has two Audible Original short stories - this is the first that I listened to.

I love how Stevenson plays with the locked room mystery and gives it a modern take, focusing on a viral video gameshow on YouTube challenge: the last contestant to remove their hand from the wall will win the house in which they are playing, worth $2 million dollars. Stevenson offers a critique on viral videos and how outrageous the stunts that are pulled can be, as the seven contestants test their willpower throughout the game. Ryan, a single dad who makes some questionable choices and needs to make some money fast, is the character whose point of view we get and who acts as an amateur detective, who I didn't love at first but grew to appreciate. The other characters aren’t overly likeable, although that works well as they fight their way to the finish, with this social experiment exposing more than just selfishness. As Ryan questions back and forth what is real and what is part of the psychological gameplay, I found myself doing the same leading up to some overall great reveals as the pieces are put together (especially if you suspend some belief and just enjoy the ride).

Last One To Leave is a story of desperation, money and mind games. Although it takes a bit to get going, especially for a short story, its Black Mirror-esque premise and overall modern mystery make for an enjoyable listen.

Modern Black Mirror-esque locked room mystery

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Not sure I liked it or hate it. I am glad it was for free.

Maybe

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