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  • The Paradox Hotel

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  • Written by: Rob Hart
  • Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
  • Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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The Paradox Hotel

Written by: Rob Hart
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
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Publisher's Summary

“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,
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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.

©2022 Rob Hart (P)2022 Random House Audio
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What the critics say

“Smashes together some of the best elements of science fiction and crime to deliver a story in which time is broken . . . As funny and entertaining as it is dark and complex. [A] wildly entertaining combination, along with Hart’s relentless pacing, make this a rare hybrid that has something for everyone.”—NPR

“[A] tale of death and destruction down the timelanes . . . [Hart advances] his detective-pursuing-a-master-criminal plot neatly and suspensefully and satisfyingly, moving from one new surprising clue to another.”Locus

“Entrancing in its pull right from the start . . . Science fiction mixed with the aching pangs of loss and romance will pull the reader toward January Cole’s side and bring them along for a thrill ride.”San Francisco Book Review

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it was pretty good

the whole story was pretty great, it's hard to make a spectacular ending with a time paradox theme but I think they managed pretty well

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Very Disappointing

When I saw a new Rob Hart book, I hit buy with a credit faster than I ever have. After the outstanding novel of The Warehouse I couldn't wait to listen to this one. I absolutely struggled to finish. There we some decent moments, but the main character is very unlikable and hard to identify with. The story is disjointed and by the end, I'm still not sure what really went on.

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