Death at the Savoy
A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 1
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Publisher Description
An atmospheric, entertaining new mystery series introducing a plucky Canadian heroine and set in the world’s most famous hotel.
It’s 1968. London is in full swing and the Savoy Hotel is at the height of its legendary glitz and glamour, welcoming the rich, famous and aristocratic into its rarified world of perfection. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are squabbling in the American Bar while Noël Coward drinks champagne. Royals wait upstairs in luxurious suites for discreet encounters. In short, all is as it should be at the Savoy.
If only it weren’t for the dead body in Room 705.
Could it be murder at the Savoy? Impossible! Who could have done such a thing?
Suspicion falls upon Priscilla Tempest, the quick-witted Canadian head of the Savoy press office who has a penchant for champagne, the wrong sort of men—and trouble.
When it is discovered that Priscilla had been with the deceased—a notorious international arms dealer—the night before he was found dead, she is questioned by Scotland Yard Inspector Robert “Charger” Lightfoot and is suddenly under the unforgiving eye of her boss, the Savoy’s straitlaced general manager, Clive Banville. Her job on the line, her life in danger, Priscilla must elude the police and the general manager’s duplicitous wife, ward off the amorous advances of a famous drunken actor, and discover whether that really was a member of the royal family seen leaving the victim’s suite shortly before his body was discovered.
Death at the Savoy is an intoxicating blend of mystery, suspense and humour. And it’s just the beginning!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in swinging 1968 London, this entertaining series launch from Emery (Nanaimo Girl, a memoir) and Base (Magic Man) opens with a maid finding the body of international arms dealer Amir Abraham in his suite at the upscale Savoy Hotel. Suspicion falls on the hotel's 20-something press officer, Priscilla Tempest, who had gone to the opera with the victim and accompanied him to his room. After Priscilla is connected to the subsequent death of a Member of Parliament at the hotel, she sets out to try to uncover the truth about the incidents. Meanwhile, Priscilla's boss summons her to a meeting, where she fears he's going to fire her, but instead he asks her to take care of his mother-in-law, who's visiting from New York City. Celebrity cameos, including those of Bob Hope, Noël Coward, and Princess Margaret, who may have had a tryst with Mr. Abraham, enliven the action, and the revelation that a Russian poison was a possible murder weapon raises the stakes. This light, frothy mystery is perfect escapist fare.
