Hokey Pokey Peter Smalley Now she must find the

Now she must find the very human source of the evil wind that is blowing through the ruins

the daughter he plans to marry off to seal the treaty

oblivious to it all

another of Walsinghams spies

guests sip absinthe cocktails on velvet banquettes

Hokey Pokey Peter Smalley Now she must find theA grand hotel, a famous opera star and a psychoanalyst with a hidden agenda. Kate Mascarenhas's third novel offers her readers a glamorous, thrilling ride through murder, madness and the darkest recesses of the mind. February, 1929. The Regent Hotel in Birmingham is a place of deception and glamour. Behind its six storeyed fa? ade, guests sip absinthe cocktails on velvet banquettes, while the hotel's red jacketed staff scurry through its lavish