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The Paradox Hotel

By Rob Hart
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Publisher Description

“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.

615 Reviews

3.5
“This was too confuse: all the characters, the jumping plot, the time travel and diferent space-time escenarios. I don't think the author made a good job making It easy to follow, honestly. Although my Main issuee with the book was the protagonist. She has the "male writters trying to do empowered heroines", and they just write male characters with tits and corky (cringy) actitudes. And lesbians, Duh!”
“It’s a good story. Not some amazing epic, but an easy fun read.”
“Interesting idea and great themes but just dull. The pace was pretty slow for the majority until it picked up in the last 50-75 pages. The ending was pretty good though, which bumped it from two stars to three.”
Thinking Face“I’m a bit unsure as to why I felt like this book was a little flat. I think the ideas it had were amazing but failed on the execution. The ending did save it but it did feel like a drag at times. And the complex aspect of time was hard to follow at times.”

About Rob Hart

Rob Hart is the author of The Warehouse and the Ash McKenna crime series, and he co-wrote Scott Free with James Patterson. He’s worked as a book publisher, a reporter, a political communications director, and a commissioner for the city of New York. He lives on Staten Island.

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