Welcome to the Hotel NomadMania

by Harry Mitsidis

Lucy's body is found in a secluded monastery in Armenia; Boris drowns in the Infinity Pool in Socotra. Meanwhile, a group of dedicated travellers heads to Layang Layang in the Spratlys for the NomadMania conference; not all of them make it out alive. There is a killer targeting the travel community; as panic takes over and secrets are revealed, the survivors try to identify a motive and discover who the murderer is.

Following his factual The Curious Case of William Baekeland, Harry Mitsidis returns with a work of fiction paying homage to the classic whodunnits of the past. Set in exotic locations like Eritrea, Nauru, Suriname and Vietnam, and some not-so-exotic ones like Switzerland, this deliberately over-the-top comedy-thriller is a tribute to the travellers of today. Somewhere in the endless revelations and unexpected twists, the name of every one of the world's 193 UN Countries is mentioned.

Will you guess whodunnit?

338 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 10, 2023

Reviews

[Dorothy Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a reader for many decades, the total number of books I’ve read has to be much higher than the places visited by the most travelled characters of this engaging book. This is the most FUN read I remember--Agatha Christiesque (with tech) and mystery, murder, red herrings, and surprises. As a lower-level of the community featured—though like the character Jack, with a number that could make me a potential victim—I recognized and laughed, agonized, empathized, and suffered with the challenges of travel the characters (some of whom I also recognized) encounter, while remembering visits to many obscure places and dreaming of visiting others. While I wonder if non-travelers would have the same reaction to the settings, the over-the-top characters and plot would surely engage any reader, and perhaps encourage some to travel or at least google and imagine remote and exotic locations.