Helpful Score: 4
Second book in the Elizabeth I historical mystery series, this one set during the days immediately after Elizabeth's coronation as Queen of England. A young woman acquainted with some of Elizabeth's friends is found murdered, with the deed apparently occurring during Her Majesty's coronation parade. When beseeched by a friend to protect her foster son, who is being accused of the crime by Elizabeth's cousin the Duchess of Suffolk, the queen gathers together her privy council and sets out to investigate the crime. While I thoroughly enjoyed the story, I admit that the idea of the Queen of England dressed in male servant's clothes and sneaking around, breaking and entering with her cohorts in the dead of night is a bit silly. The author certainly has a vivid imagination--and as it's fiction, I reckon she's allowed. I just enjoy these for what they are.
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