SHORTLISTED FOR THE ENCORE AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE KITSCHIES‘The Way Inn’ takes the polished surfaces of modern life, the branded coffee and the free wifi, and twists them into a nightmare.The Way Inn is a global chain of identikit mid-budget hotels, and Neil Double is a valued member of its loyalty scheme. Neil is a professional conference-goer, a man who will attend trade fairs, expos and conventions so you don't have to. This life of anonymised, budget travel would be hell for most, but it’s a kind of paradise for Neil, who has turned his incognito professional life into a toxic personal philosophy.But Neil is about to change. In a brand new Way Inn in an airport hinterland, he meets a woman – a woman he has seen before in bizarre and unsettling circumstances. She hints at being in possession of an astonishing truth about this mundane world. And then she disappears. Fascinated, and with his professional life unravelling, Neil tries to find the woman again. In doing so he is drawn into the appalling secret that lurks behind the fake smiles and muzak of the hotel…The Way Inn is a riveting psychological thriller by Will Wiles that delves into the dark corners of the hospitality industry. The suspense intensifies as Neil Double, a professional conference-goer, uncovers a crime that upends his world, marking this as one of the best thrillers in recent literary fiction.For fans of Paul Kane (Dark Reflections), Janice Hallett (The Examiner), Alex Michaelides (The Maidens), Catherine Ryan Howard (The Liar's Girl), and Francis Spufford (Cahokia Jazz).
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