Asylum Hotel—Author Juliet Blackwell at GGP, 14 August | Event in Oakland | AllEvents

Asylum Hotel—Author Juliet Blackwell at GGP

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Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 at 07:00 pm

6120 La Salle Ave 510-339-8210, Oakland, CA, United States, California 94611

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Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 at 07:00 pm (PDT)

6120 La Salle Ave 510-339-8210, California 94611

6120 La Salle Ave, Oakland, CA 94611-2802, United States

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Asylum Hotel—Author Juliet Blackwell at GGP
Please join us on Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM as we welcome author Juliet Blackwell for a conversation about her new novel, Asylum Hotel.
We will be selling the book at the event, or you can order a copy at https://ggpbooks.com/book/9780593638248. For the audiobook from Libro.fm, go to https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9798217074990-asylum-hotel?bookstore=ggpbooks.
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Description
When a mysterious figure shows up in the photograph an architect takes of the derelict Seabrink Hotel, ghostly encounters and murder are unleashed.

Aubrey Spencer loves photographing classic old buildings and abandoned places that hold old secrets. The Hotel Seabrink, perched overlooking the sea, is one such place. Currently abandoned but scheduled for a major renovation, it has a torrid history. Back in the 1920s it hosted A-list celebrity clientele, and now the locals insist it is haunted by the ghosts of two young women who died there. When Aubrey goes to photograph the site before the renovation begins, she bumps into a man named Dimitri Petroff, a minor online celebrity who shares her fascination with old buildings, the Hotel Seabrink in particular.

When he is found dead the next day at the base of a cliff, the police are quick to close the investigation. But Aubrey feels unsettled by locals who claim he was murdered and that it’s not the first time someone interested in the hotel was killed. As she digs deeper into the property’s dark history (and its origins as an asylum) as well as Dimitri’s professional rivalries, she becomes mired in an unsolved murder case from several decades earlier, one with eerie parallels to the contemporary case. But someone is determined to keep her from discovering the truth—at any cost.
About the Author
Juliet Blackwell is the pseudonym for the New York Times bestselling author of Off the Wild Coast of Brittany and The Vineyards of Champagne. In addition to writing the beloved Witchcraft Mystery series and the Haunted Home Renovation series, she also coauthored the Agatha Award–nominated Art Lover’s Mystery series with her sister.


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Asylum Hotel—Author Juliet Blackwell at GGP, 14 August | Event in Oakland | AllEvents
Asylum Hotel—Author Juliet Blackwell at GGP
Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 at 07:00 pm