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  • Location: Vienna

Murder at the Hotel Orient

Murder at the Hotel Orient

Why a Booktrail?

2025: Are you ready to check in to the Hotel Orient?

  • ISBN: 978-1399823180
  • Genre: Crime, Inspired by true events, Romance

What you need to know before your trail

n modern Vienna, the infamous Hotel Orient glitters at the heart of the city, luring lovers inside for an evening of debauchery. Behind its velvet curtain, cameras are forbidden, aliases are required, and every guest has something to hide.

For those seeking illicit liaisons, Sterling Lockwood is the perfect concierge. Sultry and poised, she’s the ultimate keeper of secrets, including her own.

But when dawn breaks and two of the anonymous guests are found dead in their suite, Sterling must break the Orient’s sacred code of discretion, turning detective to find a killer and clear her own name.

Alongside Fernando, her quick-witted friend and bellhop, Sterling steps beyond the hotel’s stained-glass doors, venturing from grand coffee houses where power whispers between porcelain cups, to dimly lit bars where the curious seek rapturous oblivion, and risking everything to solve an impossible case.

Travel Guide

Vienna

Oh this is a love letter to Vienna and the iconic Hotel Orient (which is very real by the way!)

This is exciting and mysterious from the start as it draws a veil across the city and its nooks and crannies and you never know what is real and what is not. There is sexy mystery on each and ever page. A lot of spice and even when it’s not spicy, you can hear the whispers of it from the side of the page.

The author lives in Vienna and you can definitely tell she loves it and has created a novel that hugs it, kisses it and celebrates every corner of what visitors can see and what they can’t.  It’s a mix of  noir, old school Hollywood mixed with golden age crime.

BookTrail Boarding Pass: Murder at the Hotel Orient

Destination/Location: Vienna   Author:  Alessandra Ranelli   Departure: 2025

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