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Its 1958 and Evelyn Elizabeth Grace Murphy has not left the Pinnacle Hotel in fourteen months She suffers from agoraphobia and whats more its her fathers hotel and everything she needs is there Shes always been good at finding things Fifteen years earlier she discovered her mother dead in a Manhattan alleyway Now shes finding trouble inside her sanctuary At a party for artist Billie Bell his newest work is stolen and Evelyns fake boyfriend and real best friend movie star Henry Fox is accused of the theft But just as Evelyn sets out to prove Henrys innocence she finds Billie Bell dead The murder weapon links the crime to the hotels chief of security As Mac picks locks and Evelyn snoops around the hotel they discover the walls around them contain more secrets than they previously knew Now Evelyn must force herself to leave the hotel to follow the cluesbut when she and Mac set off to chase a lead their car crashes and they barely escape with their lives Someone snipped their brake lines and now the stakes have become dangerously high Evelyns knack for sleuthingand her playful imaginationare always hard at work so she throws an elaborate party at the hotel where every guest is a suspect But will the killer emerge from the glamorous lineup If not Evelyn just might find herself next in line for murder