What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I read a book about 10 years ago about a boy whose father worked in a hotel with many different elevators. Each floor had different themes and adventures, and if I remember correctly something was wrong with the hotel. I think the cover may have been purple, and it was a children’s novel.

The Bessledorf Mysteries?

Bernie Magruder and the Case of the Big Stink is the first book.

not that one. it would have been published around 2012.

Floors

Here's the Google Books preview of Floors by Patrick Carman - Rainbowheart's suggestion:

https://books.google.com/books?id=PYo...

Kirkus Review:
"Here is the Whippet Hotel, a very strange place: Each of its floors has its own eccentric personality, especially the hidden ones. Carman has not only created a beguiling building but populated it with a sympathetic company of oddfellows, plus a few nefarious creatures (except the ducks, because, as readers are told, “ ‘Always bring a duck.’ Words to live by.” Readers will come to feel totally invested in the hotel, just as they will come to love Leo, the maintenance man’s 10-year-old son, in whose hands the fate of the rickety old joint rests when four strange boxes arrive. Cryptic utterances—“A flying goat will be of use”—are fun because there's always at least a sideways understanding of what it might mean, and there are clues that the reader can follow like breadcrumbs to the last, cheering pages..."

that’s it!! thank you!!!

Awesome, glad to help out!