Sunday, May 04, 2025

Seven top novels set in supernatural hotels

Molly Odintz is the managing editor for CrimeReads and the editor of Austin Noir. She grew up in Austin and worked as a bookseller before becoming a Very Professional Internet Person. She lives in central Texas with her cat, Fritz Lang.

At CrimeReads Odintz tagged seven recently released or upcoming novels set in supernatural hotels, including:
Rob Hart, The Paradox Hotel

I couldn’t write such a list as this without including Rob Hart’s cheeky locked-room thriller set in a hotel that caters to a specific crowd: time-traveling tourists. When a guest is murdered in an impossible crime, the head of security finds herself tasked with both solving the crime and preserving the *ahem* future of time travel.
Read about another entry on the list.

The Page 69 Test: The Paradox Hotel.

--Marshal Zeringue