Hotel Homicide
(2025)(The third book in the Renovation and Homicide Mystery series)
A novel by Grace Greenwood and Maisy Marple
Some secrets are worth killing for...
When graphic designer Zoey Parker agrees to create promotional materials for the historic Pinecrest Hotel renovation, she expects a straightforward job highlighting the building's elegant architecture and Roaring Twenties charm. But her golden retriever Max has other ideas. With his uncanny talent for discovery, Max reveals a hidden Prohibition-era speakeasy perfectly preserved behind a basement wall—complete with vintage liquor bottles, antique furniture, and historical records that hint at long-buried secrets.
The discovery attracts the attention of elderly historian Harriet Jameson, who believes the speakeasy holds the key to solving her grandfather's mysterious disappearance in 1935. When Harriet is found dead in the speakeasy just days later, poisoned with deadly nightshade, Zoey realizes the hotel's secrets aren't merely historical—they're deadly.
As Zoey and Detective Jack Sullivan investigate, they uncover a web of deception spanning generations. The hotel's new owner, Patricia Hoffman, seems determined to minimize the speakeasy discovery and accelerate the renovation timeline. But what is she really hiding? Why is she so interested in certain historical documents? And why does she keep a rooftop greenhouse filled with poisonous plants?
Racing against time, Zoey must piece together the connection between a Prohibition-era murder and Harriet's death before she becomes the next victim of a family tradition that turns deadly nightshade into the perfect murder weapon.
Genre: Mystery
When graphic designer Zoey Parker agrees to create promotional materials for the historic Pinecrest Hotel renovation, she expects a straightforward job highlighting the building's elegant architecture and Roaring Twenties charm. But her golden retriever Max has other ideas. With his uncanny talent for discovery, Max reveals a hidden Prohibition-era speakeasy perfectly preserved behind a basement wall—complete with vintage liquor bottles, antique furniture, and historical records that hint at long-buried secrets.
The discovery attracts the attention of elderly historian Harriet Jameson, who believes the speakeasy holds the key to solving her grandfather's mysterious disappearance in 1935. When Harriet is found dead in the speakeasy just days later, poisoned with deadly nightshade, Zoey realizes the hotel's secrets aren't merely historical—they're deadly.
As Zoey and Detective Jack Sullivan investigate, they uncover a web of deception spanning generations. The hotel's new owner, Patricia Hoffman, seems determined to minimize the speakeasy discovery and accelerate the renovation timeline. But what is she really hiding? Why is she so interested in certain historical documents? And why does she keep a rooftop greenhouse filled with poisonous plants?
Racing against time, Zoey must piece together the connection between a Prohibition-era murder and Harriet's death before she becomes the next victim of a family tradition that turns deadly nightshade into the perfect murder weapon.
Genre: Mystery
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