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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...

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Death at the Savoy: A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 1

Book #1 from the series: The Priscilla Tempest Mysteries

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...

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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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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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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)
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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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