![]() ![]() Author’s agent: Rena Rossner, Deborah Harris Agency. Ben Guterson Over many years and on several occasions, I’ve been fortunate to visit a spectacular overlooknot merely charming but, I feel, charmedhigh above the Columbia River on the Oregon border. ![]() This satisfying mystery leaves just enough unanswered questions to have readers eager for the next book in this planned trilogy. When a letter arrives from the woman who. Filled with puzzles and magic, Guterson’s debut keeps suspense high as the secrets of Elizabeth’s past unwind. A former NYPD detective who spent years in Riker's Island for a sexual assault he did not commit, protagonist King now works as a private investigator. Then there’s the mysterious book she can’t bring herself to return to the hotel’s vast library. But she’s troubled by recurring feelings of uneasiness that precede a variety of incidents, as well as a sinister couple that seems to be keeping tabs on her. Though wary, Elizabeth is intrigued by the hotel and its guests, making a new friend in 11-year-old Freddy, who loves puzzles and anagrams as much as she does. After her relatives accept an offer for an all-expenses-paid vacation, they ship Elizabeth off to the Winterhouse Hotel “in the middle of nowhere during Christmas with no money and hardly any clothes,” as she puts it. ![]() Eleven-year-old Elizabeth Somers has lived with her chilly aunt and uncle ever since her parents died in an accident that Elizabeth can’t quite remember. ![]()
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