The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Penguin Random House Audio for the ALC and Berkley Pub, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Hitchcock Hotel in exchange for my honest review.

Publisher: Berkley / PRH Audio

Published: September 24, 2024

Summary:

A Hitchcock fanatic with an agenda invites old friends for a weekend stay at his secluded themed hotel in this fiendishly clever, suspenseful new novel.

Alfred Smettle is not your average Hitchcock fan. He is the founder, owner, and manager of The Hitchcock Hotel, a sprawling Victorian house in the White Mountains dedicated to the Master of Suspense. There, Alfred offers his guests round-the-clock film screenings, movie props and memorabilia in every room, plus an aviary with fifty crows.

To celebrate the hotel’s first anniversary, he invites his former best friends from his college Film Club for a reunion. He hasn’t spoken to any of them in sixteen years, not after what happened.

But who better than them to appreciate Alfred’s creation? And to help him finish it.

After all, no Hitchcock set is complete without a body.

My thoughts:

This is the 3rd book I’ve read by Stephanie Wrobel and I am a fan! Her 1st book, Darling Rose Gold, will always be one of my favorite books and that is what made her a must-read author for me. ⁣
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This latest book uses one of my favorite tropes – the locked-room mystery and I could not have loved it more. Even though I didn’t particularly like many of the characters, I was quite intrigued by the fact that they shared a history and something happened in the past. There are secrets amongst them and I wanted to know them. I also will say that while I have not watched many Hitchcock films, I did love all the references to them and am now quite eager to watch them!⁣
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This book had so many twists and turns that I did not see coming. This atmospheric read was just perfect to kick off my fall reading!⁣
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Audio thoughts:

This was so good on audio! Narrated by three narrators – Michael Crouch, Gail Shalan and Helen Lloyd – I thought each one did an amazing job bringing this story to life. ⁣
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