The Cecil Hotel opened in 1924 as a budget hotel. It was designed in the Beaux Arts style, which is a very beautiful style of architecture, in my opinion. The hotel now serves as an affordable housing complex, but the architecture is being preserved and restored since the designation as a Historic-Cultural Landmark in 2o17. There have been several well known guests that have spent time at the Cecil Hotel, including Richard Ramirez, Jack Unterwerger, and a host of celebrities and musicians. There have been many reports of murders, suicides, and overdoses at this location, which have added to the morbid lore of the location.

This book is written by the former manager of the Cecil Hotel. She discusses her path to the Cecil Hotel and how she found employment there. She also discusses her coworkers and their relationships with each other, both bad and good, and the lasting friendships that she made with some of them. Of course, she discusses some of the history of the Cecil Hotel, which has been grim at times throughout the years. There are also stories about some of the more notable tenants of the building, which were enjoyable. I thought that the book was going to be more paranormal in nature, but I was pleased with the actual content. I bought the Audible version, maybe when it was on sale, and listened to it at work yesterday. It was a fairly short listen, something like just over five hours. If you are into learning about hotels or historical landmarks, this might be a good book for you to check out.