The Last Verse: A Novel

The Last Verse is a sexy, suspenseful novel set in the country music world of 1970s Nashville, following a struggling musician who writes a hit song that implicates her in a heinous crime. Twyla Finch must decide whether to claim her ballad and secure fame or stay quiet and avoid implicating herself.

Format: Hardback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 25 April 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Set in the country music world of 1970s Nashville, The Last Verse is a novel that follows the story of Twyla Finch, a struggling musician who writes a hit song that promises her long-sought-after fame but also implicates her in a heinous crime. The novel is set in the country music world of 1970s Nashville, a vibrant town filled with live music, open mic nights, and record label execs seeking the next hot new act. Twyla Finch, a nineteen-year-old Texan, arrives in Nashville and falls for Chet Wilton, a country music hopeful and son of blue-blooded Nashvillians. When a night out with Chet goes terribly wrong, Twyla finds herself involved in a shocking crime. Hoping to process what happened, she composes a haunting ballad that she performs only once in an empty bar. Weeks later, when she turns on the radio, she hears another woman singing her song. Twyla must decide whether to claim her ballad and secure the fame she's always wanted or stay quiet and avoid implicating herself in the terrible crime she's desperate to put in the past. The Last Verse is a seductive and bold novel that explores the ambitions, obsessions, and determination of a woman to claim her voice.

Weight: 492g
Dimension: 160 x 236 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780063265486