Which hotel would be the best to stay at in London, England?

Q. Ok, so when I graduate, me and a friend are going to spend 2 weeks in London. We would like to stay at a hotel in the hype-center of London (you know, the parts that resemble new york city)...We want a hotel that is classy, and is near the main attractions, such as big ben, london bridge, buckingham palace, etc. Price isn't really the issue, but we need a classy hotel in a good location. The whole reason for this, is that we're trying to avoid having to rent a car...we would rather walk places.
Thanksss a bunch!

A. Taking the locations of the top ten attractions in London according to tripadvisor.com, I calculated the centre point of these attractions and it fell straight on the National Gallery. These are the best hotels closest to this point at five different levels of distance (had to check the locations of the top 66 hotels in London):

Within 1km:
1. The Soho Hotel
2. Sofitel St James London
3. Covent Garden Hotel
4. The Stafford Hotel
5. One Aldwych
6. The Cavendish London
7. Haymarket Hotel
8. Brown's Hotel
9. The Grand / Club Quarters at Trafalgar Square
10. Royal Horseguards

Within 2km:
1. Hotel 41
2. The Soho Hotel
3. The Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel
4. Sofitel St James London
5. City Inn Westminster
6. The Montague on The Gardens
7. Covent Garden Hotel
8. Renaissance Chancery Court London
9. Premier Inn London - County Hall
10. Rubens At The Palace

Within 3km
1. Hotel 41
2. Egerton House Hotel
3. The Soho Hotel
4. The Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel
5. Sofitel St James London
6. The Sumner Hotel
7. City Inn Westminster
8. Draycott Hotel
9. The Halkin
10. Luna & Simone Hotel

Within 4km:
1. Hotel 41
2. Egerton House Hotel
3. The Soho Hotel
4. The Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel
5. Apex City of London Hotel
6. Sofitel St James London
7. The Sumner Hotel
8. City Inn Westminster
9. Draycott Hotel
10. The Halkin

Within 5km:
1. Hotel 41
2. Egerton House Hotel
3. The Soho Hotel
4. The Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel
5. The Milestone Hotel
6. Apex City of London Hotel
7. Sofitel St James London
8. The Sumner Hotel
9. City Inn Westminster
10. Draycott Hotel

Trying to find the name of a book, about two brothers tracking down the killer of their sister?

Q. Read this book a few years ago, and I'm trying to remember the name so that I can find other books by him.

Basically, it follows two brothers whose sister has been killed. I'm pretty sure she was raped and then murdered while walking along a country road one night. The brothers come from a gypsy family, and the family (just Mother and the 2 boys i think) now run a car scrap yard. The two brothers went off to see where their sister was killed and to find her killer.I remember that the older brother was described to have 'a punch just like his dad' after he gets in a fight with another local gypsy.

Thanks

A. The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks
"Two brothers, sons of an incarcerated gypsy, leave London traveling to an isolated and desolate village, in search of the brutal killer of their sister"
.http://cweb.ccclib.org/carlweb/jsp/DoSearch?databaseID=2100&index=i&terms=0439786231

"The Road of the Dead opens as 14 year old Ruben and 17 year old Cole, half gypsy half English brothers, learn about their older sister's rape and murder. Determined to bring closure to their family, they travel to Lychcombe to collect her body. What begins as a simple task to bring her body home branches out into a quest for revenge when they learn that the murderer must be caught before they can bury Rachel.


Slowly the brothers begin to uncover a plot in Lychcombe, involving the planned installation of a new hotel and vacation resort and several landowners who don't want to sell. Tragically, they discover that Rachel's murder was the result of an accident/miscommunication. However, the brothers are still determined to catch her killer.
When the brothers discover that the killer has already been murdered himself for his mistake, they set out to find his body, the only way they can link him to Rachel. They soon find themselves involved with local gypsies, small town politics and the town's unofficial leader who's not going to give in without a fight"

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