“There’s a right way to do things and a wrong way, if you’re going to run a hotel in a smugglers’ town.”

There is a right way to do things and a wrong way… And to write a book that is engaging, wonderfully cozy and mysterious that spans just a handful of days while never leaving the premise of a snowbound hotel is great. But to do all that and have readers feel as though they’ve opened the whole world beyond the hotel as well…

That’s the right way to write a book, the really right way!

Would I recommend it? The day after I finished the book I dropped it off with my favorite young readers. This one is a new addition to my short list of favorite young adult novels!