Emily Woo Zeller narrates this time- and space-bending work of science fiction set in the titular Paradox Hotel. The hotel is the place where the rich and famous wait before they travel through time for fancy vacations. The first-person narrator, January Cole, head of security at the hotel, has become unstuck in time and is experiencing the past, present, and future simultaneously. Zeller leans hard into this unreliable narrator, giving her a false bravado when she speaks dialogue but pulling it in during internal monologues. The hotel is filled with a United Nations of characters, so Zeller has the opportunity to demonstrate her tremendous range by voicing characters with accents from all around the world. A.R.F. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
“Time travel, murder, corruption, restless baby dinosaurs, and a snarky robot named Ruby collide in this excellent, noir-inflected, humor-infused, science-fiction thriller.”-The Boston Globe
An impossible crime. A detective on the edge of madness. The future of time travel at stake. From the author of The Warehouse . . .
FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD ¿ ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, Kirkus Reviews
January Cole's job just got a whole lot harder.
Not that running security at the Paradox was ever really easy. Nothing's simple at a hotel where the ultra-wealthy tourists arrive costumed for a dozen different time periods, all eagerly waiting to catch their “flights” to the past.
Or where proximity to the timeport makes the clocks run backward on occasion-and, rumor has it, allows ghosts to stroll the halls.
None of that compares to the corpse in room 526. The one that seems to be both there and not there. The one that somehow only January can see.
On top of that, some very important new guests have just checked in. Because the U.S. government is about to privatize time-travel technology-and the world's most powerful people are on hand to stake their claims.
January is sure the timing isn't a coincidence. Neither are those “accidents” that start stalking their bidders.
There's a reason January can glimpse what others can't. A reason why she's the only one who can catch a killer who's operating invisibly and in plain sight, all at once.
But her ability is also destroying her grip on reality-and as her past, present, and future collide, she finds herself confronting not just the hotel's dark secrets but her own.
At once a dazzlingly time-twisting murder mystery and a story about grief, memory, and what it means to-literally-come face-to-face with our ghosts, The Paradox Hotel is another unforgettable speculative thrill ride from acclaimed author Rob Hart.
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An impossible crime. A detective on the edge of madness. The future of time travel at stake. From the author of The Warehouse . . .
FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD ¿ ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, Kirkus Reviews
January Cole's job just got a whole lot harder.
Not that running security at the Paradox was ever really easy. Nothing's simple at a hotel where the ultra-wealthy tourists arrive costumed for a dozen different time periods, all eagerly waiting to catch their “flights” to the past.
Or where proximity to the timeport makes the clocks run backward on occasion-and, rumor has it, allows ghosts to stroll the halls.
None of that compares to the corpse in room 526. The one that seems to be both there and not there. The one that somehow only January can see.
On top of that, some very important new guests have just checked in. Because the U.S. government is about to privatize time-travel technology-and the world's most powerful people are on hand to stake their claims.
January is sure the timing isn't a coincidence. Neither are those “accidents” that start stalking their bidders.
There's a reason January can glimpse what others can't. A reason why she's the only one who can catch a killer who's operating invisibly and in plain sight, all at once.
But her ability is also destroying her grip on reality-and as her past, present, and future collide, she finds herself confronting not just the hotel's dark secrets but her own.
At once a dazzlingly time-twisting murder mystery and a story about grief, memory, and what it means to-literally-come face-to-face with our ghosts, The Paradox Hotel is another unforgettable speculative thrill ride from acclaimed author Rob Hart.
The Paradox Hotel
“Time travel, murder, corruption, restless baby dinosaurs, and a snarky robot named Ruby collide in this excellent, noir-inflected, humor-infused, science-fiction thriller.”-The Boston Globe
An impossible crime. A detective on the edge of madness. The future of time travel at stake. From the author of The Warehouse . . .
FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD ¿ ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, Kirkus Reviews
January Cole's job just got a whole lot harder.
Not that running security at the Paradox was ever really easy. Nothing's simple at a hotel where the ultra-wealthy tourists arrive costumed for a dozen different time periods, all eagerly waiting to catch their “flights” to the past.
Or where proximity to the timeport makes the clocks run backward on occasion-and, rumor has it, allows ghosts to stroll the halls.
None of that compares to the corpse in room 526. The one that seems to be both there and not there. The one that somehow only January can see.
On top of that, some very important new guests have just checked in. Because the U.S. government is about to privatize time-travel technology-and the world's most powerful people are on hand to stake their claims.
January is sure the timing isn't a coincidence. Neither are those “accidents” that start stalking their bidders.
There's a reason January can glimpse what others can't. A reason why she's the only one who can catch a killer who's operating invisibly and in plain sight, all at once.
But her ability is also destroying her grip on reality-and as her past, present, and future collide, she finds herself confronting not just the hotel's dark secrets but her own.
At once a dazzlingly time-twisting murder mystery and a story about grief, memory, and what it means to-literally-come face-to-face with our ghosts, The Paradox Hotel is another unforgettable speculative thrill ride from acclaimed author Rob Hart.
An impossible crime. A detective on the edge of madness. The future of time travel at stake. From the author of The Warehouse . . .
FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD ¿ ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, Kirkus Reviews
January Cole's job just got a whole lot harder.
Not that running security at the Paradox was ever really easy. Nothing's simple at a hotel where the ultra-wealthy tourists arrive costumed for a dozen different time periods, all eagerly waiting to catch their “flights” to the past.
Or where proximity to the timeport makes the clocks run backward on occasion-and, rumor has it, allows ghosts to stroll the halls.
None of that compares to the corpse in room 526. The one that seems to be both there and not there. The one that somehow only January can see.
On top of that, some very important new guests have just checked in. Because the U.S. government is about to privatize time-travel technology-and the world's most powerful people are on hand to stake their claims.
January is sure the timing isn't a coincidence. Neither are those “accidents” that start stalking their bidders.
There's a reason January can glimpse what others can't. A reason why she's the only one who can catch a killer who's operating invisibly and in plain sight, all at once.
But her ability is also destroying her grip on reality-and as her past, present, and future collide, she finds herself confronting not just the hotel's dark secrets but her own.
At once a dazzlingly time-twisting murder mystery and a story about grief, memory, and what it means to-literally-come face-to-face with our ghosts, The Paradox Hotel is another unforgettable speculative thrill ride from acclaimed author Rob Hart.
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BN ID: | 2940176100372 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
Publication date: | 02/22/2022 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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