160) Murder at the Hotel Orient - Alessandra Ranelli. Quirky and sassy characters, decent mystery and a clear love of Vienna and her character. Fair warning for anyone looking for a cosy mystery - this has a lot of spice and smut!
16.12.2025 11:33 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
More spice than you could ever hope for...
Are YOU checking in to the Hotel Orient?
www.thebooktrail.com/book-trails/...
@alessandraranelli.bsky.social @johnmurrays.bsky.social
Goddamnit, I knew I was forgetting something.
07.02.2026 19:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Felt cute, might delete later.
07.02.2026 16:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Y'all
Look at this
LOOK AT THIS!!!!!!
A bookshelf of christopher moore books
The bookshelf I grew up with @theauthorguy.bsky.social
02.02.2026 16:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Endless thanks to @theauthorguy.bsky.social for blurbing my debut novel and making my dad’s year!
02.02.2026 16:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Bahahaha
02.02.2026 16:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Murder at the Hotel Orient By Alessandra Ranelli
A spicy new murder mystery novel by @alessandraranelli.bsky.social set in modern-day Vienna, with a timeless, golden-age feel.
Sterling is the concierge at an infamous love hotel, facilitating anonymous liaisons. When two guests are found dead, can she find the killer?
UK publ. 30/4/26
#books
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So lovely meeting you last week at Small City! The crime selection was fantastic. ❤️
28.01.2026 16:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Heed that warning, darling.
26.01.2026 16:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Well, isn’t wondering part of the fun? Thanks for sharing the book! ❤️
26.01.2026 16:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Hotel Orient is a real place in Vienna where the staff take no names and ask no questions. MURDER AT THE HOTEL ORIENT is set there, but everything else in this queer murder mystery is made up (or is it?, they'll never tell) #ewgc
08.01.2026 21:43 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
When you finish reading a murder mystery set in a hotel while you're staying at a hotel, of course you have to do a mini photoshoot 😄📚
So delighted I received an ARC of MURDER AT THE HOTEL ORIENT by @alessandraranelli.bsky.social. Watch for this one in May! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#murderatthehotelorient
Answering the question on EVERY crime reader’s mind:
Which member of the Thursday Murder Club is the most fuckable?
I am SO excited to reveal the US cover of my new fantasy horror novel The Bone Door!
I am equally excited to scream about the STUNNING special edition.
This will be a limited first print run. Once it’s gone, it’s gone. So if you want to ensure you get the pretty I advise you to pre-order asap.
Answering the question on EVERY crime reader’s mind:
Which member of the Thursday Murder Club is the most fuckable?
I feel like Helvetica is for sure the wokest font?
10.12.2025 09:46 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
*NEW BLOG POST*
Today on #damppebbles I am sharing this week's #WWWWednesday post. Find out what I've recently finished reading, what I'm currently reading and what I plan to read next!
Check out my post here...
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#BookSky #skybrarians #books #bookish #book
Ooh this made my morning! I had so much fun making these miniatures for the Bloody Scotland nominees and I am delighted by how well they were received!
16.09.2025 09:17 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0Ahhh! I adore this!!!
16.09.2025 09:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0So proud of DB and I am excited for him to go on sub next week! I expect Charlie will have quite a few suitors vying to snap her up.
14.09.2025 13:06 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
✨AGENT ANNOUNCEMENT✨
Just in case you missed the big news from @dbtelford.bsky.social earlier.
A murder board connecting photos of crime author DB Telford to his new literary agent Katie Fulford of Bell Lomax Moreton, who has signed him for his debut crime novel DEAD MEN don’t SING which won Alessandra Ranelli’s KILLER TWIST PITCH PRIZE earlier this year.
01.07.2025 10:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A door to a Private eye’s office that reads Charlie Brisbane: HOT MESS PRIVATE EYE, Starring in DEAD MEN don’t SING by crime writer DB Telford, who has just signed with literary agent Katie Fulford of Bell Lomax
After ONLY TWO WEEKS in the query trenches, Killer Twist Pitch Prize Winner @dbtelford.bsky.social has signed with literary agent Katie Fulford of Bell Lomax Moreton!
Crying all the happy tears for you! Can’t wait to see editors fighting over DEAD MEN DON’T SING in the fall. Congratulations!
2 days after sharing the pitches, 6 out of the 9 shortlisted manuscripts now have agent interest, including Grace’s lush, lyrical mystery. Grace has such a gift and I think historical fans will fall for her voice.
26.03.2025 15:53 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
The killer twist pitch prize shortlist
The Killer Twist Pitch Prize Shortlist! Agents, pay attention, l'd bet some of these will find rep any minute now.
This decision was IMPOSSIBLE with stunning novels across the crime genre (& some cross-genre gems)
Cheers to the shortlist. Can't wait to see what's next
#KTPP #MurderAtTheHotelOrient
A preview of the ktpp prize shortlist with names censored.
Check back on Wednesday March 19th at 6pm CET for the Killer Twist Pitch Prize short list reveal!
18.03.2025 10:17 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Our Lit Festivals manager, Clem is celebrating her 35th Birthday today & her present to YOU could be 35 books 📚
All you have to do is like this post, pop your guesses for Clem's height in the replies below (and be following us on Bluesky)!
We will randomly select a winner on 17/03/2025 (UK only).
