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The Hitchcock Hotel

By: Stephanie Wrobel
Narrated by: Michael Crouch, Helen Lloyd, Gail Shalan
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Brought to you by Penguin.
SIX FRIENDS. ONE REMOTE HOTEL. A LONG-OVERDUE REUNION.
WELCOME TO THE HITCHCOCK HOTEL . . .

Welcome to the Hitchcock Hotel.

Dedicated to the Master of Suspense.
Full of props and memorabilia.
Be sure to mind the birds. Be careful in the shower.

Five guests are invited – all old friends.
They go way back. Way, way back.
No one’s seen reclusive
owner Alfred in sixteen years.

And the question everyone’s asking:
why are we here? Is it a game? A puzzle?
It’s certainly a mystery.

But it’s also deadly serious.
Because someone has a score to settle.
And this will be the perfect opportunity.

After all, it wouldn’t be Hitchcock without a murder . . .

'As twisty as a Hitchcock film' Alex Michaelides
'A scream from start to finish' Janice Hallett
'Fans of Knives Out, Agatha Christie, and (of course) Alfred Hitchcock, rejoice!' - A.J. FINN


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Critic reviews

Stephanie Wrobel wittily recreates the mood of creeping suspense and comic horror that makes Hitchcock movies so endlessly entertaining
Hugely readable and tremendous fun. As twisty as a Hitchcock film, full of mystery and suspense, this is a hotel I recommend checking into - even if there’s no guarantee you’ll make it out alive… (ALEX MICHAELIDES)
A scream from start to finish – I can’t wait to book my room! (JANICE HALLETT)
A fresh, unpredictable take. A neat tribute to the great film maker
A compelling story of murder in a Hitchcock-themed hotel. This is a richly atmospheric thriller with a premise to die for. Addictive and entertaining in equal measure (ALEX PAVESI)
Fans of Knives Out, Agatha Christie, and (of course) Alfred Hitchcock, rejoice! The Hitchcock Hotel is cool, classy – but such fun; reverent – yet so original. And – above all – almost biologically impossible to put down once picked up. Hitchcock would’ve loved it. I sure as hell did (A.J. FINN)
A spectacularly suspenseful thriller perfect for all crime fans and Hitchcock lovers - THE HITCHCOCK HOTEL is the most outrageously enjoyable mystery of the year (MATTHEW BLAKE)
A slow burn of suspense, secrets, and lies that - in true Hitchcockian fashion - explodes into a series of twists, each more jaw-dropping than the last
Utterly gripping and Hitchcockian in the most literal sense, this staggering novel unravels the decades-old mystery surrounding six former college friends. Sinister, scintillating, and compulsively creepy, The Hitchcock Hotel is an irresistible, genius read that will astound you (SAMANTHA M. BAILEY)
A master stylist, Stephanie Wrobel strikes again with well-drawn characters, intricate plotting, satisfying surprises, and first-class entertainment. I don't want to visit The Hitchcock Hotel, but its story had me from the moment the guests arrived. Endlessly clever, ridiculously entertaining, and so damn FUN.
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Interesting premise but soooo laboured. The author is clearly a huge Hitchcock fan and while this helps create the sinister setting, it also leads to reams of irrelevant film exegesis.
Whether by accident or design, the Hitchcock theme is just a MacGuffin in a rather rambling tale of revenge.

MacGuffin

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A fun easy listen that was engaging until the end. A must for fans of hitchcock but would still be as enjoyable without knowing his work

a really entertaining listen for fans of a murder mystery

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Overall, I enjoyed listening to this book. However, the longer I reflected on it after finishing it, the more issues I found with it.

It’s difficult to critique with specific examples without giving away spoilers, but I found some of the info dumping unsatisfactory. A really great plot twist is one where the reader is given one additional piece of key information and everything falls into place. With this book, the twist is ‘revealed’ then it is followed by a long explanation of why that works and how it could be so. It just felt very heavy handed and unsatisfactory. Also, I feel a lot of the characters actions don’t align with their true motives, once the ‘mysteries’ have been revealed.

Also, some of the narrators were better than others! The one timeline, multi-narrator format contains the usual issue that characters sound different when read by different narrators - this is a personal pet peeve and really throws me out of the book.

So, while I liked the concept and some passages were well done, I thought the conclusion was unsatisfactory.

Overall, I didn’t dislike the book, but I wouldn’t reread or recommend this book to a friend.

Interesting concept, but it had issues

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The Hitchcock theme was engaging throughout and included believably psychopathic characters. The plot and characters were well constructed in a typically Hitchcockian fashion and hotel itself is a compelling character in its own right. Great fun.

Atmospheric and intriguing

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Some great movie references packed in and a really enjoyable listen, despite the predictable ending.

A must for Hitchcock fans

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