Alessandra Ranelli joins us to discuss her thrilling debut novel, M**der AT THE HOTEL ORIENT.About this Event
We're excited to welcome Alessandra Ranelli for her debut mystery novel, M**der at the Hotel Orient! Fans of The Maid and The Grand Budapest Hotel will love this thrilling (and sexy) novel inspired by a real love hotel, which legend claims has existed forever, luring lovers inside for a night of debauchery…
Alessandra will be in conversation with bestselling author of This Story Might Save Your Life, Tiffany Crum. Following their discussion, Alessandra will answer questions and sign books.
Ticket options for this event include:
- General Admission + Book: $31.88, admits one guest. This ticket option comes with a copy of M**der at the Hotel Orient which Alessandra will sign at the event.
- General Admission + Coupon: $5, admits one guest. The cost of this ticket may be redeemed for $5 off Alessandra's book on the night of the event.
Tickets are required to attend. We hope to see you there!
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Ticket holders who purchased a book-included ticket and are unable to attend the event will be able to pick up their book at An Unlikely Story up to 30 days following the event.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
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 M**der of two guests, including a tech mogul building an Austrian surveillance state, Sterling must turn detective. But finding the truth will require breaking the Orient’s sacred code of secrecy, while keeping a few secrets of her own.
The police struggle when modern investigative technology proves useless at the old-fashioned hotel. Because clients use aliases, pay cash, and stay mere hours, all suspects have vanished. Sterling agrees to assist alongside her best friend and colleague, Fernando, if only to avoid arrest and the suspicion regarding her own movements that night. As enemies close in from all around, she risks everything to solve a case haunted by the past, in a city with a fetish for nostalgia.
Don’t be shy darling, ring the bell...
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Alessandra Ranelli is a queer American writer living in Vienna, Austria. M**der at the Hotel Orient is her first crime novel. She has the full support of the real Hotel Orient, and has been allowed access to all its rooms, even the secret ones. As part of her extensive book research, she left her career as a pastry chef and became a hotel receptionist. She is currently writing her second novel. Alessandra is known for her New York Times Modern Love essay “Two Kisses We Never Talked About.”
Tiffany Crum grew up on a dairy farm just down the road from a maximum-security Pr*son. A longtime Californian, she now lives in Atlanta with her husband, two sons, and dogs, and spends her free time trying to keep her vegetable garden alive. Her debut novel, This Story Might Save Your Life, is a New York Times bestseller, an Amazon Best Book of March, a Book of the Month selection, and a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick. It will be published in nineteen languages and is under option for television.
Event Venue
An Unlikely Story, 111 South Street, Plainville, United States
USD 6.24 to USD 34.47
