Goldie Vance: The Hotel Whodunit

Goldie Vance knows the Crossed Palms Resort from the inside: she lives there, works there and hopes to prove herself as a detective. A movie production brings new excitement to the Florida hotel, especially when Goldie’s mother takes a role as a mermaid. Then a diamond-covered swimming cap disappears, and suspicion falls on the person Goldie most wants to protect. Clearing her mother means looking past the glamour of filmmaking and paying attention to the people whose stories do not quite add up. This original prose mystery draws on the Goldie Vance comics, combining a young sleuth’s determination with her everyday friendships, family ties and the busy life of the resort.