The Guest in Room 108 (The Cornish Hotel Mysteries, #11)

Room 108 hides a dangerous secret-and before midnight, it holds a murdered man. At the height of the August season, Nicholas Meryon arrives at the Bay Hotel with the wealthy Wray party and papers that could destroy somebody's trusted position. A private visitor is seen leaving his room. Restaurant service and terrace music then give nearly everyone an alibi. But when Nicholas is found dead, the room chart, guest keys and a convenient claim of kinship tell different stories. Hotel owner Edmund Trewin and his niece Katherine reconstruct luggage movements, altered room assignments and every possi