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Born in Belleville, Ontario, Ron Base was a teenager when he got his start writing for the daily Brockville Recorder and Times. He was a reporter and columnist at the Windsor Star; a writer for the Toronto Sunday Sun when it started; Maclean’s Magazine contributing editor and movie critic for the Toronto Star. As a magazine writer his pieces appeared in publications in the U.S. and Canada. He wrote screenplays in Los Angeles and Europe. The author of fifteen Sanibel Sunset Detective mystery novels, Base has also co-authored with Prudence Emery, Death at the Savoy, Scandal at the Savoy, Princess of the Savoy, and Curse of the Savoy. The novels have been published in Canada, the United States, and France. Ron lives in Milton, Ontario with his wife, Kathy.

 

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Curse of the Savoy: A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 4 (Priscilla Tempest Mysteries)

Curse of the Savoy, the fourth in the Priscilla Tempest mystery series, is a gripping tale of suspense set against the backdrop of high society and 1960s London.


In the luxurious setting of London’s Savoy Hotel, an opulent dinner party hosted by the legendary filmmaker Orson Welles takes a sinister turn. Amidst the grandeur of the Pinafore Room,...

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Princess of the Savoy: A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 3 (Priscilla Tempest Mysteries)

Check back into London’s posh Savoy Hotel in the swinging sixties where dark forces and murder are uninvited guests—volume 3 in the cheeky series that is now a French bestseller.



Everything at London’s Savoy Hotel appears to be the picture of perfection: two Italian princes are checking in and an amorous English lord is taking photographs on the...

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Scandal at the Savoy: A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 2

The rich and famous are converging on the iconic Savoy Hotel in swinging ’60s London—including a famous Broadway producer with anger issues, a demanding Indian raja, and a gorgeous film star with certain kinky predilections. All is as it should be—until the murder of a showgirl threatens to scandalize the hotel.


The list of suspects includes...

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Series

Death at the Savoy: A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 1
Scandal at the Savoy: A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 2
Princess of the Savoy: A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 3 (Priscilla Tempest Mysteries)
Curse of the Savoy: A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 4 (Priscilla Tempest Mysteries)

The Priscilla Tempest Mysteries

Meet Priscilla Tempest. As the head of the press office at the iconic Savoy Hotel in the Swinging London of the late 1960s, Priscilla rubs shoulders with the rich, famous and aristocratic--and manages to get herself into all sorts of trouble. And much to everyone's...

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 The fifth instalment in the Priscilla Tempest mystery series, set in the

The fifth instalment in the Priscilla Tempest mystery series, set in the glamorous world of 1960s London high society.

It’s midnight at the Savoy Hotel, and the doorman notices a...

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October 1, 2025

The Italian actress Claudia Cardinale, the thought of whose beauty kept me awake many nights in small town Ontario, came to Canada nine years ago....

September 21, 2025

First thing in the morning at the old Gulf and Western building in midtown Manhattan, I was in the midst of a crowd of office workers waiting for...