Bella Rhodes

Leonard Bell has spent his life quietly cataloguing history from the background of a national museum. Order, routine, and silence have always suited him. Until he discovers a locked room hidden beneath the building. Inside is a sealed collection of records and artefacts that do not match the stories the museum has spent decades telling the public. At first, the inconsistencies seem small. Easy to explain away.
But the deeper Leonard looks, the more unsettling the truth becomes. As pressure builds from within the institution and beyond its walls, Leonard finds himself pulled into a battle over memory, honesty, and who gets to decide what history becomes. Quietly powerful and deeply atmospheric, The Last Room in the World is a literary mystery about truth, responsibility, and the hidden spaces beneath the stories we trust most.