Seems that "first-ever English translation" is not quite exact, there was a 1988 version titled Inspector Glebsky's Puzzle: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/

Seems that "first-ever English translation" is not quite exact, there was a 1988 version titled Inspector Glebsky's Puzzle: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1053108.Inspector_Glebsky_s_Puzzle http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1053108.Inspector_Glebsky... P.S.: also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Mountaineer's_Hotel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Mountaineer's_Hotel