Grand Babylon Hotel

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Detective Fiction

Authors: Arnold Bennett In Year : 1902

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Grand Babylon Hotel

Chapter 1 & 2
Chapter 3 & 4
Chapter 5 & 6
Chapter 7 & 8
Chapter 9 & 10
Chapter 11 & 12
Chapter 13 & 14
Chapter 15 & 16
Chapter 17 & 18
Chapter 19 & 20
Chapter 21 & 22
Chapter 23 & 24
Chapter 25 & 26
Chapter 27 & 28
Chapter 29 & 30

Theodore Racksole, a rich American multi-millionaire, buys the Grand Babylon Hotel, a luxurious hotel in London, as a whim - and then finds out there are strange things going on - a German prince is supposed to arrive but never turns up, someone is found murdered in the hotel, but then the body disappears. With the help of his independent daughter Nella and another German prince, Racksole sets out to solve the mystery.

Bennett wrote this as a 15-part serial, for a lark, in 15 days, and sold it for 100 pounds. It first appeared in The Golden Penny in 1902, which described it as "the most original, amusing, and thrilling serial written in a decade". (Summary by Anna Simon)

NB the Wikipedia page for this book (see link on the left) contains some plot spoilers!