The Strange Disappearance of Margo Stanwick (The Hotel Hollywood Mysteries)

by Lisa Hall

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A missing starlet.

An unsolved mystery.

Can Lily save Hollywood’s next big movie star?

Lily Jones is thrilled to find herself in the 1950s. She misses her life from 2024 but has a blossoming romance with her musician friend Louis and her dream job working on a movie set.

The lead actress, Margo Stanwick is a rising star, yet Lily recalls that after this movie she goes missing, her disappearance an unsolved mystery that barely makes a ripple in Hollywood history.

As Lily begins to understand the brutal studio system of the 1950s she wonders if there might be something sinister at play.

Can she save Margo and change the course of history?

Readers adore the Hotel Hollywood series:

‘A fabulous, sweepingly glamorous book – I was completely caught up in 50s Vegas and the mobsters, movie stars and murder that kept me turning the pages until the small hours.’ Amanda Lees

‘Brimming with wonderful characters, cracking dialogue, exquisite description and an intriguing mystery that kept me guessing all the way… quite simply a joy.’ A.A. Chaudhuri

Crime, glamour and love - Lisa Hall’s latest time-slip novel is an absolute joy’ Annabel Kantaria

‘Full of Las Vegas glamour, thrills, nostalgia and vivid characters. I loved it!’ Louise Swanson

Fresh, fun and full of suspense. Crime-solving, time-hopping Lily Jones is a brilliant character and 1950s Vegas, in all its glamour and seediness, springs to life through her eyes.’ Joanna Dodd

‘Put Las Vegas mobsters, a couple of showgirls, and a sexy musician into a shaker, pour that into a martini glass and add a plot twist. Lily Jones is back in her latest time-hopping mystery guaranteed to knock your bobby socks off.’ Elena Hartwell

A brilliant timeslip novel…I love the mix of history, real people and fictional characters and the setting is beautifully imagined and compelling… a page turner and a joy to read.’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review

Oh my days… I love the glamour and glitz of the bygone era...so it is great that the author is recreating it and giving it more intrigue with an absolutely cracking case.’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review

This book made me so happy, I read it in a day…I loved it.’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review

‘The story rattles along at a pace…a book to remember.’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review

  • ISBN13 9781835981658
  • Publish Date 24 July 2025
  • Publish Status Forthcoming
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Canelo
  • Imprint Canelo Hera
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 336
  • Language English