Ten lucky people have won a place at the most exclusive launch event of the century: the grand opening of the Hotel Artemis, the first hotel on the moon. It's an invitation to die for. As their transport departs for its return to Earth and the doors seal shut behind them, the guests take the next leap for mankind.
However, they soon discover that all is not as it seems. The champagne may be flowing, but there is no one to pour it. Room service is available, but there is no one to deliver it. Besides the ten of them, they are completely alone.
When one of the guests is found murdered, fear spreads through the group. But that death is only the beginning. Being three days' journey from home and with no way to contact the outside, can any of the guests survive their stay? Lauren Forry was brought up in the woods of Pennsylvania before moving to New York City to earn her undergraduate degree in Cinema Studies and Screenwriting from New York University. She later earned her MA and MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing from Kingston University in London, England. There she was awarded the Faber and Faber Creative Writing MA Prize for her thesis work, Abigale Hall. She is now an Assistant Professor of English at Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, PA, and also adjuncts for Southern New Hampshire University's MFA programme. She resides in Bucks County, PA with her dogs and whatever it is her dogs bark at in the night. Agatha Christie meets Andy Weir in the ultimate locked room mystery set in the first hotel on the moon. ULTIMATE LOCKED ROOM MYSTERY: Many mysteries have a loophole that enables a killer to sneak in to an apparent isolated setting. In space, there are no such exceptions, making this the first truly locked room mystery. SPACE TOURISM: Commercial space travel is no longer a science fiction but an imminent reality. Branson, Bezos and Musk all have space tourism plans in development. REAL-WORLD INSPIRATION: The set-up of The Launch Party is inspired by real-life Japanese businessman, Yusaku Maezawa, who invited people to apply for a place on his trip into space. COMMERCIAL APPEAL: Perfect for fans of Golden Age, character-driven mysteries but with a distinctly modern twist. Think Knives Out but off-world, in the vein of Anthony Horowitz, Lucy Foley and Hanna Jameson.
