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Historical mystery · Book 1

The Vanishing at the Grand Hotel

By Tristin Hassell

Forthcoming · Date to be announced

October 1958. Lula Hayes arrives on Mackinac Island to find sixteen-year-old Henry Ashworth, missing from the Grand Hotel. The constable believes he ran away. His grandfather is not convinced, and has asked Lula to investigate quietly before the island closes for winter.

Henry left behind his sketchbook and paintbox—the things his grandfather says he never went anywhere without. With Sue Kowalczyk beside her, Lula begins asking questions among the family’s rooms and the hotel’s back stairs, where the staff have noticed more than the guests know.

You’ll find formats and ordering links here when the book is available.

About the author

Tristin Hassell teaches philosophy in California’s Central Valley and writes fiction about detectives, families, workers, and organizers. The Lula Hayes Mysteries, La Común and Quarter-Turn City are his series.