Hotel of Secrets

Maria Wallner comes from a long line of women who have navigated the treacherous waters of Vienna politics. It is now up to her to save the family’s legacy, a grand hotel that has hosted the Imperial court and the aristocracy of Europe. She is on the eve of triumph when, so subtly she first cannot register the events, someone begins to plot her death. U.S. agent Eli Whittaker encounters Maria on a snowy street, just as the first attempt on her life takes place. He has been assigned to track down whoever is selling U.S. intelligence and has trailed the case to letters posted from her hotel. As the great and not-so-good converge in her lobby, Maria must navigate a swirl of deadly secrets. In this story with touches of Amor Towles’s A Gentleman in Moscow and dashes of Evie Dunmore, the stalwart Maria finds in Eli an able ally, and he finds in her salvation.