Security by Gina Wohlsdorf

Manderley Resort is like nothing else. Rising from the California coast like a giant’s tooth, it is destined to be an opulent getaway for the super-rich. It is beautiful almost to a fault (who ever heard of white carpet in a hotel?), right down to the last rose in the hedge maze. It also takes security to new heights, with owner and developer Charles Destin, Jr. calling it “the most secure hotel ever built.” With the grand opening gala just weeks away, security is the last thing on type-A manager Tessa’s mind. Her to-do list is a mile long, her boss is a perfectionist, and she is much more concerned with things like getting the phones working, having the maid get that little blood spot out of the carpet, and finding time to deal with the mysterious man from her past who has just shown up out of the blue. What Tessa doesn’t realize is that her staff is being slaughtered one by one by a pair of masked killers. But why are they targeting the hotel staff? What do they want? Can Tessa make it out alive?

The reader gets a security camera view of the action because after all, at Manderley, someone is always watching. This inventive, darkly funny novel has plenty of self-aware nods to the slasher movie genre throughout and is sure to delight movie buffs and horror readers alike.