'The Hotel of the Dead Mountaineer' is one of the most striking works of the early period of the Strugatsky brothers' career, a fascinating science fiction detective story in which an elderly, tired policeman, investigating a mysterious crime in a snow-covered mountain hotel, finds himself embroiled in a complex and mysterious story with 'aliens' who have landed on Earth and are doing either good or evil...

Authors: Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky