Death at The Savoy, Prudence Emery
Death at The Savoy, Prudence Emery
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Death at The Savoy

Author: Prudence Emery, Ron Base

Narrator: Eunice Wong

Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/25/2022


Synopsis

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. 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? 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. 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. With her job on the line and 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.

About Prudence Emery

Prudence Emery is the bestselling author of the memoir Nanaimo Girl. Born in Nanaimo and educated in Vancouver, she lived in London and Toronto before moving to Victoria, British Columbia. She has worked on more than a hundred film productions and as the press and public-relations officer at the prestigious Savoy Hotel.

About Ron Base

Ron Base is a former newspaper and magazine journalist and movie critic. His works include twenty novels, two novellas, and four nonfiction books, and he has written screenplays and worked with legendary filmmakers such as John Borman and Roland Joffe. Currently, he divides his time between Milton, Ontario, and Fort Myers, Florida.

About Eunice Wong

Eunice Wong is an audiobook narrator and an award-winning, Juilliard-trained actor who works in professional theatres across the United States and in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kim on November 07, 2022

This book follows Priscilla Tempest, a Canadian woman who is the head of the infamous Savoy Hotel's press office. All is normal at The Savoy until Priscilla gets caught in the middle of a murder investigation, when it is discovered that she was with a notorious arms dealer the night before. I tried......more

Goodreads review by First Clue on July 18, 2022

We’re in the mad, mod, mini-skirted world of London, 1968—the height of the swinging sixties. Where better to catch all the action than from a perch at the world-famous Savoy Hotel? Nowhere, unless you are young Priscilla Tempest, head of the Savoy’s press office, and arrive at work only to discover......more

Goodreads review by Isabelle on March 28, 2023

Je pense que j’attendais trop de ce cosy mystery et que mon désenchantement est inversement proportionnel à cette attente ! Tout est là pour faire une bonne histoire, l’hôtel, la période, les stars et autres personnes connues qui y séjournent. Les personnages sont à peine présentés et on ne sait abs......more

Goodreads review by Clarabel on February 12, 2024

1) J'ai été séduite par l'ambiance du Swinging London et l'atmosphère poudrée du Savoy. Le rythme de l'intrigue est vif, pétillant. C'est très agréable quand tu débarques au début, c'est comme savourer du champagne et laisser l'effervescence t'étourdir gentiment. 2) Hélas, l'ivresse ne dure qu'un tem......more

Goodreads review by Susan on April 06, 2023

Press relations officer for London' s prestigious Savoy hotel. attractive Canadian Priscilla finds herself mingling with people like Noel Coward, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in the swinging sixties, where her miniskirts are high fashion despite the disapproval of the stodgy hotel management.......more