The Last Kid Left: A Novel

One of The Millions Most Anticipated Books of 2017 When a scandalous small-town crime goes viral, a teen girl takes center stage in Rosecrans Baldwin's story of a twenty-first century Puritan witch-hunt. The Last Kid Left begins when a car smashes into a sculpture of a giant cowgirl. The police find two bodies in the trunk. 19-year-old Nick Toussaint Jr. is arrested for murder, and after details of the crime rip across the internet, his 16-year-old girlfriend, Emily Portisùa sheltered teen whoÆs been off the grid until now, her first romance coinciding with her first cellphoneùis nearly consumed by a public hungry for every lurid detail, accurate or not. Emily and Nick are not the only ones whose lives come unmoored. A retired police officer latches onto the case. NickÆs alcoholic mother is thrust into an unfamiliar role. A young journalist who left her hometown behind is pulled into the fray. And EmilyÆs father, the town Sheriff, is finally forced to confront a monstrous secret. The Last Kid Left is a bold, searching novel about how our relationships operate in a hyper-connected world, an expertly-portrayed account of tragedy turned mercilessly into entertainment. And itÆs the suspenseful unwinding of a crime thatÆs more complex than it initially seems. But mostly itÆs the story of two teenagers, dismantled by circumstances and rotten luck, who are desperate to believe that love is enough to save them.

• | Author: Rosecrans Baldwin
• | Publisher: Picador
• | Publication Date: Jun 05, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 400 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 1250181666
• | ISBN-13: 9781250181664