Her Last Breath: A Harrowing Thriller of Survival, Secrets, and Betrayal Underground
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"What Stephen King did for an empty hotel in The Shining, Taylor Adams does for a treacherous cave in his bracing, breathtaking Her Last Breath."
— BookPage From the bestselling author of No Exit and The Last Word comes a heart-pounding thriller that plunges readers into the suffocating darkness of a cave—and the even darker secrets that lie within. When Tess reluctantly joins her adventurous best friend Allie on a caving expedition, she expects to confront her claustrophobia—not a stranger who traps her in a fight for her life. A man who claims to be a fellow caver harasses them at the cave's entrance. Confident, take-no-shit Allie insults the guy—and he retaliates. Soon, Tess is trapped inside a narrow crawl space hundreds of feet underground, fighting to stay alive. Hours later, Tess emerges alive—but the nightmare is far from over. As Tess recounts her harrowing story of survival, the detective interviewing her shares new and shocking secrets about Allie's true past. Together, they begin to suspect the brutal attack wasn't so random after all. In the hospital, as Tess pieces together the events with a detective, she learns shocking truths about Allie's past that reframe everything. Was the attack truly random? Who was Allie beneath her dazzling interior? And most chilling of all—has Tess really escaped the danger, or is it still closing in? Read more
Editor's Take
Readers across Goodreads, The StoryGraph, Reddit, and several review blogs describe Her Last Breath as a tense, claustrophobic, fast-paced thriller with strong survival suspense and plenty of twists. Goodreads reviewers repeatedly praise the book as “pulse-pounding” and “unputdownable,” while Reddit readers call it phenomenal and among Taylor Adams’ best work.
There is also some mixed feedback. A Google Play Books reviewer said it was less thrilling than the author’s earlier novels, that the twist felt predictable, and that the book lacked some of the action they expected. Even so, that reviewer still felt it was worth reading.
Overall, the sentiment is strongly positive, with most sources emphasizing the underground setting, relentless pacing, and high suspense.
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Specifications
| Genre | Fiction |
| Illustrated | No |
Product Details
| ASIN | B0F8YGB2RS |
| Publisher | William Morrow |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Publication date | February 17, 2026 |
| Language | English |
| File size | 5.5 MB |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 329 pages |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0063394124 |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Best Sellers Rank | #9,704 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #35 in Women's Adventure Fiction (Kindle Store) #37 in Women's Adventure Fiction (Books) #67 in Women's Detective Fiction |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (3,330) |