| In modern Vienna, American Sterling Lockwood is the loyal concierge at the infamous Hotel Orient, where cameras are banned, aliases are required, and every guest has something to hide. After the double murder of two guests, including a tech mogul building an Austrian surveillance state, Sterling must turn detective to clear her name. But finding the truth will require breaking the Orient’s sacred code of secrecy, while keeping a few secrets of her own. | ||
| Alessandra Ranelli is a queer American writer living in Vienna, known for her New York Times “Modern Love essay “Two Kisses We Never Talked about”. Murder at the Hotel Orient is her debut novel, and the first in the Sterling Lockwood Mysteries. As part of her extensive book research, she left her career as a pastry chef at Cafe Demel and became a hotel receptionist. As writer in residence at the Hotel Orient, she has seen all its rooms, even the hidden ones. | ||