The Hotel Detective

A Hotel Detective Mystery, Book 1

By: Alan Russell

Narrated by: Jeffrey Cummings

“Cleverly crafted and enormously enjoyable.” -Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

When the security director of the posh Hotel California abruptly departs, assistant manager Am Caulfield steps into the role. The newbie hotel detective is quickly overwhelmed when a murder-mystery weekend descends on the hotel at the same time as a Bob Johnson convention (yes, the attendees are all named Bob Johnson) - and that’s before a bra thief strikes, a contractor leaps to his death, and two more dead bodies turn up.

Mayhem has checked in to the Hotel California. So, as it turns out, has a murderer. Like the little Dutch boy, Am must try and plug one leak after another. Will he be able to get the job done before yet another hotel guest checks out forever?

Revised and updated edition.

©1994, 2018 Alan Russell. (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Wonderful!

If I could give it 6 stars I would! Witty, erudite, loved the characters, laughed out loud.

Humor, Suspense, and a GREAT Story!

I decided to give "The Hotel Detective" a shot after thoroughly enjoying the Gideon and Sirius series by Alan Russell. Russell's humorous and engaging writing coupled with Jeff Cummings' narration is again a great combination. As a person who grew up in San Diego, I loved the vivid detail of the locations as the story progressed.

In short, this was another home run by Russell and highly recommend to any fans of mystery and suspense. I just downloaded "The Fat Inkeeper" and will be listening to that tonight!

A tremendously funny tale. Now to buy the sequel.

The Hotel Detective is hilarious. The characters are diverse, funny, and set lend life to the Setting of a Grande Dame hotel. I can not recommend it too highly.

Wild ride and thoroughly entertaining

This book has a lot of moving pieces that you need to pay attention to or you will get lost. I docked 1 star from the story for getting political. I am not a fan of the current President but entertainment stories should stay vague on political leaders to avoid alienating a portion of their audience.

All you wanted to know about running a hotel.

I liked the story. It wasn't as entertaining as the Gideon books, but it was chock full of info on the running of a huge resort hotel. The quirky humor of Mr. Russell is there. The characters were very interesting.