Seth is the oppressed kitchen boy at the remote Last Chance Hotel. But when a strange gathering of magicians arrives for dinner,their leader is poisoned. A locked-room murder investigation ensues- and Seth is the main suspect. Can he solve the mystery andclear his name, especially when magic's afoot?

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.