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 staff navigate the hotel's labyrinthine'below stairs'to ensure the finest service is always at hand. In the early evening,psychoanalyst Nora Dickinson checks in under a false name. It's unlike Nora to deceive - her aversion to lying borders on the pathological - but she's 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.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781789543858Number of pages: 336Dimensions: 229 x 148 mm
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'In Hokey Pokey,Kate Mascarenhas has produced a delicious piece of art deco Gothic which explores the psychological complexities of both the age and the genre. I adore Kate's pitch perfect prose and fearless way with dishing out the thrills.'- Natalie Marlow
'Hokey Pokey is an atmospheric,claustrophobic novel,expertly bringing the glamour of the 1920s to life. Nora's journey of self-discovery is both poignant and chilling,gripping the reader from the first line to the last. A dark and mesmerising read.'- Elizabeth Lee
'Dark and complex and beautifully plotted. I did not want to put it down.'- Rebecca Netley
'An immersive and unique treat of obsession,murder and madness,skilfully wrapped in a glittering twist of golden age crime,with a dark supernatural core. Very clever writing.'- Essie Fox
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