Hotel 21

Publisher details

Author
Senta Rich
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Genre
Fiction
Released
02 May, 2023
ISBN
9781526662521

Hotel 21

Buy now

Retail partners

Synopsis

Noelle is an efficient and friendly hotel cleaner, a model employee. Or so she'd have you think. The trouble is that she can't help taking little 'souvenirs' as she cleans. Nothing of value, just tokens of happy, normal lives: a lipstick, a hair clip, some tweezers. And by the time the guest has noticed, she's long gone.

As she starts at her 21st hotel, she's determined to beat her record of one month in a five star hotel before suspicion falls on her. But when she meets her new colleagues, her plans are complicated. These women aren't just hands pushing carts down lonely hotel corridors: they are women with lives full of happiness and worry, pain and joy. The kind of lives Noelle has never known how to live. They make her wonder what it might be like to have real friends, people to stick around for…

Will the women at Hotel 21 give her the courage to claim the life she deserves, or will her old habits come back to haunt her?

Reviews

Tidy Rooms, Messy Lives:  Read an Extract from Hotel 21 by Senta Rich

Review | Extract

17 May 2023

Tidy Rooms, Messy Lives: Read an Extract from Hotel 21 by Senta Rich

    Funny, Poignant and Kick-Ass: Read Our Review of Hotel 21 by Senta Rich

    Review | Our Review

    17 May 2023

    Funny, Poignant and Kick-Ass: Read Our Review of Hotel 21 by Senta Rich

      Senta Rich
      About the author

      Senta Rich

      Senta Rich began her career as an advertising copywriter. During this time, she also wrote radio plays and magazine articles, before moving into the world of screenwriting. She now writes regularly for film and TV. She lives in Dublin with her husband and son. Hotel 21 is her debut novel.

      Books by Senta Rich

      Related articles

      PODCAST: Libby Trainor Parker on Finding Healing Through Advocacy

      Podcast

      6 July 2026

      PODCAST: Libby Trainor Parker on Finding Healing Through Advocacy

        PODCAST: Sarah Trad on Hospitality and Building Her Dream House

        Podcast

        29 June 2026

        PODCAST: Sarah Trad on Hospitality and Building Her Dream House

          Vote for the Better Reading Kids' Top 50 and go in the draw to win

          News

          26 June 2026

          Vote for the Better Reading Kids' Top 50 and go in the draw to win

            PODCAST: Joan Sauers on Film and Mysteries

            Podcast

            22 June 2026

            PODCAST: Joan Sauers on Film and Mysteries

              PODCAST: Victoria Purman on Journalism, Publishing and Vintage Books

              Podcast

              15 June 2026

              PODCAST: Victoria Purman on Journalism, Publishing and Vintage Books

                Q&A: Maya Linnell, Author of Sunrise at Sunny Cross Farm

                News | Author Related

                8 June 2026

                Q&A: Maya Linnell, Author of Sunrise at Sunny Cross Farm

                  PODCAST: What Are You Reading? The App with Caroline Overington

                  Podcast

                  8 June 2026

                  PODCAST: What Are You Reading? The App with Caroline Overington

                    PODCAST: Francesca Albanese on War and Power

                    Podcast

                    1 June 2026

                    PODCAST: Francesca Albanese on War and Power

                      PODCAST: Dervla McTiernan on Ruthless Editing and Finding Home in Australia

                      Podcast

                      25 May 2026

                      PODCAST: Dervla McTiernan on Ruthless Editing and Finding Home in Australia

                        What Should You Read Next? Let WAYR? The App Decide

                        News

                        19 May 2026

                        What Should You Read Next? Let WAYR? The App Decide

                          COMMENTS

                          Leave a Reply

                          Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *