Helpful Score: 3
Great book. Light, enjoyable reading with quirky characters.
Helpful Score: 2
A cozy mystery in all the best ways: interesting characters, budding romance. historical tid-bits, and an almost believeable crime.
Once again Rhys Bowen has crafted another sparkling outing for Lady Georgie, a young woman with a good heart, a marvelous dry wit, and the misfortune to be related to royalty. Although these books are intended to be lighthearted and fun, Bowen skillfully provides a glimpse into the upper class British world of the 1930s while George V was on the throne.
Since She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named (AKA Wallis Simpson) is a member of the shooting party the Prince of Wales has gathered at Balmoral, what could be better than to schlep her and her group of loud Americans off on Lady Georgie's mild-mannered brother and her hateful sister-in-law at Castle Rannoch? It's a plot element that works a treat because we get to see Georgie's sister-in-law in an entirely different light, as well as getting to see Georgie's (very non-royal) grandfather again.
I was fairly certain of who was causing mayhem early on in the book, but I couldn't care less because the emphasis in these books is to have fun, and I've learned that I can always count on Lady Georgie to make me laugh while I get to be a voyeur in the world of the rich and the royal.
Since She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named (AKA Wallis Simpson) is a member of the shooting party the Prince of Wales has gathered at Balmoral, what could be better than to schlep her and her group of loud Americans off on Lady Georgie's mild-mannered brother and her hateful sister-in-law at Castle Rannoch? It's a plot element that works a treat because we get to see Georgie's sister-in-law in an entirely different light, as well as getting to see Georgie's (very non-royal) grandfather again.
I was fairly certain of who was causing mayhem early on in the book, but I couldn't care less because the emphasis in these books is to have fun, and I've learned that I can always count on Lady Georgie to make me laugh while I get to be a voyeur in the world of the rich and the royal.
Another winning episode in the life of Lady Georgiana Rannoch.....this time set in Scotland...at Castles Rannnoch and Balmoral.....Are they accidents, or is someone attempting to rid the British Empire of the Royal Family Line?.....add a bunch of Americans, including Wallis Simpson, a pair of hairy Scottish cousins...and assorted others and the results ..... Murder Most Foul at the house parties and activities.......Am looking forward to the next installment in this delightful series.....Cannot wait to see what crazy antics Lady Georgiana gets herself into and how Darcy rescues her.............
A thoroughly enjoyable romp, even if the heroine seems a bit too uptight for the time period. Her working at the behest of Queen Mary is a cute plot device...
Love this series. Can't wait for the next one.
part of an easy reading series
A Royal Spyness mystery starring Lady Georgiana, thirty-fourth in line for the throne -- and the mystery world's favorite penniless heiress. With its posh clientele in the country for the summer, Georgie's housecleaning business has fizzled. So she tries hiring herself out as a dinner-and-theatre companion. But her first client has quite the wrong idea. To avoid further scandal, Georgie's shipped home to Castle Rannoch, where her summer plans include honoring a promise to Her Majesty to keep Castle Rannoch's divorcée houseguest from seducing the Prince of Wales. She's also been coerced into helping Scotland Yard with a top-secret mission -- namely keeping an eye on the shooting party at Balmoral and preventing someone from shooting the Prince. And Georgie must manage all this without strangling her odious sister-in-law Fig or spineless brother Binky.
