Murder at the Hotel Hopeless

In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, an unlikely duo try to solve the murder of an international jewel thief.|Charlie Hope is spending the summer helping his mother run the family hotel. His only company are Penny Price, a spoiled child actor who is the star of the hit TV series Little Miss Murder being shot in town, and Mr. Ignato, an elderly resident at the hotel who plays chess with Charlie twice a week. When Mr. Ignato dies from a fall down the stairs, Charlie suspects foul play and discovers that Mr. Ignato was once a famous international jewel thief best known for stealing a million-dollar diamond.