Oppressed kitchen boy Seth\'s day-to-day existence at the Last Chance Hotel is enlivened by the arrival of a strange gathering of magicians, and the locked room murder case that ensues from their leader being poisoned.
The debut novel by Nicki Thornton, winner of the 2016 }Times{/Chicken House Children\'s Fiction Competition..
Oppressed kitchen boy Seth\'s day-to-day existence at the Last Chance Hotel is enlivened by the arrival of a strange gathering of magicians, and the locked room murder case that ensues from their leader being poisoned