The Hitchcock Hotel, forthcoming September 2024 in the US (preorder your copy from your favorite retailer here) is the latest mystery/thriller - does anyone else have trouble telling the difference? - from bestseller Stephanie Wrobel.
The Hitchcock Hotel tells the story of a group of former college friends, reunited at the request, or demand, of Alfred Smettle. Sixteen years after graduation, Alfred is now the proprietor of The Hitchcock Hotel, a sprawling Victorian house in the White Mountains, a stone's throw away from their alma mater where something mysterious and devastating happened their senior year. Something that one or more of them is to blame for and Alfred is determined to make them pay.
If you're a fan of Hitchcock movies, this novel is a must. If you're like me, and your familiarity of Hitchcock is limited to pop culture references and screenshots of the famous shower scene from Psycho or clips of Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window, then you might be at a slight disadvantage. That could be why I felt the book had a bit of a slow start or, as they say in the book business, it was a "slow burn."
If you're a fan of Wrobel or just one of those readers that never gives up a book once you've started, your patience will be rewarded as the story picks up a quarter to a third of the way in and the tension will propel you forward from the surprise murder victim all the way to the surprise ending, with lots of fun and red herrings along the way.
With its fall release date, The Hitchcock Hotel will be just the thing to get you in the mood for the Halloween season, and may just inspire you to watch a few Hitchcock movies too.
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