Death at the Savoy A Priscilla Tempest Mystery / Book 1
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- ISBN: 9781771623216 (trade paperback)
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320 pages ; 23 cm - Publisher: Madeira Park, British Columbia : Douglas & McIntyre, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
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Subject: | Savoy Hotel (London, England) -- Fiction Women journalists -- Fiction Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction London (England) -- Fiction |
Genre: | Mystery fiction. Historical fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at University College of the North Libraries.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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The Pas Campus Library | PS 8609 .M495 D43 2022 (Text) | 58500000809277 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2022 July #3
Set in swinging 1968 London, this entertaining series launch from Emery (
Copyright 2022 Publishers Weekly.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.(Oct.)