Join Douglas & McIntyre and Munro's Books on Monday, May 30 to celebrate the release of Death at the Savoy: A Priscilla Tempest Mystery, Book 1.

Celebrate with the authors, Prudence Emery and Ron Base, at this live virtual event hosted by author, editor and journalist Erin Ruddy.

Welcome the new book and hear from guest readers Stephen M. Silverman, Heidi von Pelleske, Hilary Brown and Ray Bennett at this unique event!

5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET - ZOOM DETAILS BELOW!

HOW TO JOIN

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ABOUT THE BOOK

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.

Death at the Savoy is an intoxicating blend of mystery, suspense and humour. And it’s just the beginning!

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Prudence Emery was born in Nanaimo, educated in Vancouver, and lived in London, UK, and Toronto, ON, before moving to Victoria, BC. She has worked as the press and public relations officer at the prestigious Savoy Hotel, mingling with celebrities and politicians such as Canada’s past Prime Minister Pierre-Elliot Trudeau and actor Marlene Dietrich. She has worked on more than a hundred film productions and is the author of the bestselling memoir Nanaimo Girl (Cormorant Books, 2020).

Ron Base is a former newspaper and magazine journalist and movie critic. His works include twenty novels, two novellas and four nonfiction books. He has been published in the United States, Canada and Great Britain. He has written screenplays and worked with legendary filmmakers such as John Borman (Deliverance) and Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields). Currently, Base divides his time between Milton, ON, and Fort Myers, FL.