Hokey pokey / Kate Mascarenhas.
By: Mascarenhas, Kate.
Publisher: London : Head of Zeus, 2024Description: 336 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781789543872 (pbk.) :; 1789543878 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Horror | Horror | Crime & mystery fiction | Thriller / suspense fiction | Horror & supernatural fiction | Birmingham (England) -- History -- 20th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Horror tales.Summary: February, 1929. The Regent Hotel in Birmingham is a place of deception and glamour. Behind its six-storeyed facade, guests sip absinthe cocktails on velvet banquettes, while the hotel's red-jacketed staff scurry through its lavish corridors to ensure the finest service is always at hand. In the early evening, a psychoanalyst checks in under a pseudonym. Nora Dickinson is young, diligent and ambitious. Though she doesn't see herself as a liar, she is travelling with an agenda. Having shadowed the famous opera singer Berenice Oxbow from Zurich, she's determined not to lose sight of her now. But when a terrible snow storm isolates the hotel - and its guests - from the outside world, reality appears to shift. Nora's grip loosens, and the nightmares she's worked hard to control begin to bare their teeth.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult book | Chester Lane Library Horror | Available | 38055400026700 |
An Apollo book.
Originally published: 2023.
February, 1929. The Regent Hotel in Birmingham is a place of deception and glamour. Behind its six-storeyed facade, guests sip absinthe cocktails on velvet banquettes, while the hotel's red-jacketed staff scurry through its lavish corridors to ensure the finest service is always at hand. In the early evening, a psychoanalyst checks in under a pseudonym. Nora Dickinson is young, diligent and ambitious. Though she doesn't see herself as a liar, she is travelling with an agenda. Having shadowed the famous opera singer Berenice Oxbow from Zurich, she's determined not to lose sight of her now. But when a terrible snow storm isolates the hotel - and its guests - from the outside world, reality appears to shift. Nora's grip loosens, and the nightmares she's worked hard to control begin to bare their teeth.