Fancy a cup of tea and a conversation full of historical intrigue and mystery? Join authors Ron Base and Sujata Massey as they each present their latest thrilling novels. Base offers up Midnight at the Savoy, the richly atmospheric fifth instalment in the Priscilla Tempest series, set against the shadows of a legendary world of 1960s London, where ambition, secrets, and danger unfold behind the curtain of performance and fame. Massey presents The Star from Calcutta, a vivid historical mystery that moves between cultures and continents as the beginnings of Bollywood come to life. Explore place, history, and the hidden stories beneath public lives – all served with tea, coffee, and a slice of cake!
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 Rolls-Royce parked in a spot where it shouldn’t be. In the back seat is a man who is, most regrettably, dead—clutching a love note addressed to a woman named… Priscilla.
A movie censor murdered, a leading lady vanished—the glamour, romance, and intrigue of the beginnings of Bollywood come to vivid life in the thrilling new installment of the Perveen Mistry historical mystery series.
India, 1922: Perveen Mistry, the only female lawyer in Bombay, has secured her biggest client yet: Champa Films, a movie studio run by director Subhas Ghoshal and his wife, Rochana, the biggest name in Indian cinema. In the public eye, Rochana is notorious for her beauty and her daring stunts—behind the scenes, she has recently left the studio in Calcutta that made her famous, and the studio owner is enraged by what he claims is a breach of contract.
Before finding his way into the mysteries of London’s iconic Savoy Hotel in the company of his beloved collaborator Prudence Emery (as press officer there she rubbed shoulders with everyone who was anyone),
Ron Base toiled away as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer, and movie critic (for the
Toronto Star). He spent miserable years writing screenplays in Los Angeles, Paris, and Rome.
Sujata Massey was born in England to parents from India and Germany, grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, and lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Sun, June 7, 2026
A book signing will follow this event
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