Orphan Elizabeth Somers’s malevolent aunt and uncle ship her off to the ominous Winterhouse Hotel, owned by the peculiar Norbridge Falls. Upon arrival, Elizabeth quickly discovers that Winterhouse has many charms―most notably its massive library. It’s not long before she locates a magical book of puzzles that will unlock a mystery involving Norbridge and his sinister family. But the deeper she delves into the hotel’s secrets, the more Elizabeth starts to realize that she is somehow connected to Winterhouse. As fate would have it, Elizabeth is the only person who can break the hotel’s curse and solve the mystery. But will it be at the cost of losing the people she has come to care for, and even Winterhouse itself?


孤兒伊麗莎白·薩默斯的惡毒姑姑和叔叔將她帶到奇怪的諾布里奇·佛斯擁有的不祥的冬宮酒店。一抵達當地，伊麗莎白很快就發現冬宮有許多魅力，尤其是它龐大的圖書館。不久，她找到了一本神奇的填字謎書，這本書將揭開涉及諾布里奇及其邪惡家庭的神秘面紗。但是，當她深入研究酒店的秘密時，伊麗莎白開始意識到她與冬宮有某種聯繫。命運注定，伊麗莎白是唯一可以打破酒店詛咒並解決此密秘的人。但這是否會讓她失去她要照顧的人，甚至可能是冬宮？

（文字整理/楊靜愉）