Jamie Penich, an exchange student from the University of Pittsburgh is murdered in a room of a cheap and shady motel. Cheap and shady it is because the owners accept any clientele willing to pay for a room, for any length of time. Jamie and her fellow students were just going to Seoul for a weekend break from school work. Little did they know it would become a nightmare.

Did the soldiers stationed there have anything to do with her murder? What about the students? The local residents?

A rookie detective from the U.S. is determined to find out. What he discovers is unbelievable. Never in a million years would anyone have considered the suspect, Kenzi Snider, another student, the likely killer. She just didn’t seem to fit the profile. Students, families, and law officials responded with shock, because it didn’t make any sense. Jamie and Kenzi were best friends. And Kenzi had no reason to kill Jamie, that is, until the detective found one. She was a rejected lover.

If you like playing detective, like I do, Murder in Room 103 is the book for you. This nonfiction book will open your eyes to the many reasons people kill others. Unfortunately, the truth is that any of us could be the next victim. Author Harriet Ryan proves truth is still more interesting than fiction.