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Alessandra Ranelli

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Mystery, Crime, Romance

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Crime Writer.
Storyteller.
Woman in the Red Dress.

Alessandra Ranelli is an American author living abroad in Vienna, Austria. Her work focuses on love, lust, and loss. She’s been known to kiss and tell.

Alessandra’s crime writing is influenced by her love of old Hollywood glamour and golden age crime. Her style is a cocktail made from a generous pour of bourbon, an ounce of film noir, and a dash of bawdy humor — served in a rocks glass, with red lipstick staining the rim.

As a professional storyteller she has a reputation for making audiences laugh and cry in equal measure. Alessandra is known for her New York Times Modern Love essay "Two Kisses We Never Talked About" and her debut crime novel, "Murder at the Hotel Orient"

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	Murder at the Hotel Orient 4.12 avg rating — 113 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Alessandra Ranelli liked Helen Arrand's review of Murder at the Hotel Orient: "Murder at the Hotel Orient by Alessandra Ranelli ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sterling is Concierge and Keeper of Secrets at the Hotel Orient, a very particular kind of hotel. No phones allowed, no real names only aliases, a place where secrets are kept, until that is, 2 " Read more of this review »
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Alessandra Ranelli liked R Evans's review of Murder at the Hotel Orient: "This was a murder mystery with a touch of dry humour. Set in a hotel that specialised in providing a room for an illicit liaison, two bodies are found dead. The lead character, the night steward has a mystery about herself and acts suggestively to an" Read more of this review »
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Alessandra Ranelli liked Emilie Browne's review of Murder at the Hotel Orient: "I received this book through a Goodreads giveaway and am so thrilled I did. Alessandra Ranelli’s story telling is truly spectacular. A classic story of “who did it”, sprinkled with witty banter and tastefully spicy scenes truly made this story hard t" Read more of this review »
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“Rule number one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
― John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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