Hotel California: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories

by Don Bruns, Heather Graham, Andrew Child, John Gilstrap, Reed Farrel Coleman Narrated by Richard Ferrone, Hillary Huber, James Patrick Cronin, January LaVoy, Joe Barrett, Sophie Amoss, Joe Hempel, Scott Brick

Overview

Featuring a new Jack Reacher story by Andrew Child!

A dangerous drifter, a hired gun, a grisly corpse-you never know who you'll run into at the Hotel California.

Eight deliciously talented mystery authors have lent their skills of crafting murder and suspense to this collection of gripping short stories. Each of these eight provocative tales is designed to entertain and mystify-and maybe even chill you to your core. Get lost in the wild imaginations of such New York Times bestselling writers as Andrew Child, Heather Graham, Reed Farrel Coleman, and John Gilstrap, plus authors Rick Bleiweiss, Jennifer Graeser Dornbush, Amanda Flower, and Don Bruns. From the titular tale “Hotel California” to a new, original Jack Reacher adventure, these stories have a little something for every mystery lover.

Go ahead. Check in, enjoy some room service, and stay until the very last tantalizing page. Just don't forget to search the closet or behind the curtains.

Editorial Reviews

South Florida Sun Sentinel Oline Cogdill

Don Bruns has gathered eight solid writers who do justice to the Eagles’ anthem and the album’s other songs while putting a spin on the stories behind the songs…Each story in Hotel California is well thought out.”

Brian Freeman

Get out your steely knives…this story collection from some of today’s top thriller writers makes for bloody good reading.”

Book Junkie Reviews

If you like mysteries and twisted endings, you will love Hotel California, an anthology of new mystery short stories, by evilly talented mystery authors…These eight authors will captivate you with amazing details, history, and diabolical character development…If you love a good mystery, these stories are a must-read.”

Foreword Reviews

With its edge-of-your-seat scenarios, shady personalities, and occasional touch of the supernatural, Hotel California delivers a gripping series of adventures with a mix of hopeful and horrifying outcomes.”

Kirkus Reviews

2022-02-04
Editor Bruns offers eight tales with a twist. Make that eight twists.

Thwarted expectations are the order of the day here. Jack Reacher discovers that even a trip to nowhere can take a wrong turn in Andrew Child’s “New Kid in Town.” A corrupt senator finds his cozy life of graft upended by an unplanned visit from his brother in John Gilstrap’s “Wasted Time.” The favorite target of bullies does a one-eighty in Reed Farrell Coleman’s “Victim of Love.” A New Orleans graveyard tour takes a terrifying turn in Heather Graham’s “Pretty Maids All in a Row.” Amanda Flower reveals what happens when a client doesn’t level with the private eye he hires in “Try and Love Again.” In “Life in the Fast Lane,” Bruns shows how a hired assassin can flip the script on his employer. Of course, a hit man who misses his target can find himself in the crosshairs, like the hero of Rick Bleiweiss’ “The Last Resort.” Last but not least, a social influencer discovers that the fame and fortune she’s always wanted may not be exactly what she bargained for in the title story by Jennifer Graeser Dornbush.

Expect, and enjoy, the unexpected.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940175326551
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	07/12/2022
Series:	The Music and Murder Mystery Series
Edition description:	Unabridged

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