Death at the Savoy
Book - 2022
"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 River Suite 610. Could it be murder at the Savoy? Impossible! Who could have done such a thing? Suspicion falls upon Priscilla Tempest, the quick-wit...ted 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!"--
- Subjects
- Genres
- Detective and mystery stories
Detective and mystery fiction
Historical fiction - Published
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Madeira Park, BC :
Douglas & McIntyre
[2022]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- 320 pages ; 23 cm
Issued also in electronic format - ISBN
- 9781771623216
- Authors' Note
- Chapter 1. The Body in Suite 705
- Chapter 2. Welcome to the Savoy
- Chapter 3. Mystery Woman
- Chapter 4. Spanish Caviar
- Chapter 5. An Inspector Calls
- Chapter 6. Ink-Stained Wretch
- Chapter 7. The Place of Execution
- Chapter 8. The Killer Inside
- Chapter 9. A Case of Mistaken Identity
- Chapter 10. A Buck's Eizz Solves the Problem
- Chapter 11. Overheated
- Chapter 12. Mr. Hope's Request
- Chapter 13. The Suspect Is Questioned
- Chapter 14. The Price of Beer
- Chapter 15. Meet the Burtons
- Chapter 16. With Richard Burton in a Rolls-Royce
- Chapter 17. The Love of His Life
- Chapter 18. Mrs. Banville Is Indisposed
- Chapter 19. At Henry Fawcett's Memorial
- Chapter 20. A Force of Nature
- Chapter 21. The Suite Thing
- Chapter 22. Call Commander Blood
- Chapter 23. Martinis for Lunch
- Chapter 24. Defence of the Realm
- Chapter 25. Trouble Breathing
- Chapter 26. Invitation to Ride
- Chapter 27. Marry Me!
- Chapter 28. A-232
- Chapter 29. No Leaks
- Chapter 30. Dead!
- Chapter 31. Engaged
- Chapter 32. Letting Her Hair Down
- Chapter 33. An Offer of Port
- Chapter 34. The Persuasive Gunman
- Chapter 35. An Excellent Wife
- Chapter 36. An Arrest Is Made
- Chapter 37. Trouble!
- Chapter 38. Find the Mother-In-Law!
- Chapter 39. No Secrets at the Savoy
- Chapter 40. Dinner for Two
- Chapter 41. Break and Enter
- Chapter 42. Stood Up, Broken-Hearted
- Chapter 43. Knife Out
- Chapter 44. Shenanigans Is a Canadian Word
- Chapter 45. Morning Has Broken
- Chapter 46. The Price of Love
- Chapter 47. Find Enrique!
- Chapter 48. Priscilla to the Rescue!
- Chapter 49. Out of the Rain
- Chapter 50. Harry for Lunch
- Chapter 51. Locked In!
- Chapter 52. Farewell Tears
- Chapter 53. True Confessions
- Chapter 54. Shots in the Dark
- Chapter 55. Loose Ends
- Chapter 56. Kissed
- Chapter 57. Undying Love!
- Epilogue: Our Guests at the Savoy
- Acknowledgements
- About the Authors