Her Royal Spyness
£4.70
The author of the Molly Murphy mysteries now turns her attentions to the mischief, mishaps and musings of minor English royalty
My ridiculously long name is Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie. Thirty-fourth in line for the throne, I am, as they say, flat broke. When my brother Binky cut off my meager allowance, I bolted from Scotland – and my engagement to Fish-Face (I mean, Prince Siegfried) – for London, where I have:
a) built a fire in the hearth – entirely on my own, thank you very much
b) fallen for an absolutely unsuitable Irish peer
c) made a few quid housekeeping incognito, and
d) been summoned by the Queen Herself to spy on her playboy son.
Less than thrilled with this last bit, I’m wondering what to do, when an arrogant Frenchman – who was trying to swipe our family estate! – winds up dead in my bathtub. Now, my new job is to clear that very long family name . . .
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Additional information
| Publisher | Constable (17 Dec. 2015) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 683 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 348 pages |
by Michael Wild
An enjoyable bit of fun of the P G Wodehouse kind. It lacks his sparkling use of language, but it is still entertaining.
by Amazon Customer
Several red herrings nicely confuse and no obvious suspects until final chapters. Quite delightful picture of high society between the two world wars and a likeable heroine too.
by Mr Derek Green
A nice tale fast paced and full of twists and turns and very resourceful heroine. The characters portrayed were believable and some were very funny.
by Whitelight
This is fairly light reading and won’t tax the brains too much. I enjoyed it for what it was – an entertaining read.
by SlightlyFussy
I liked this book but I did feel there was some style lost in the speed with which it concluded. The build up was good but the end felt very rushed which left me slightly disappointed. That being said, I will probably read the next in the series as I enjoyed the characters. I just hope it doesn’t have the same anticlimax
by Jehanna
This is great fun, but well observed and historically fairly accurate right down to the fact that Queen Mary was a great acquirer of Chinese porcelain and Jade – a close relative worked in the British Museum during the 30’s and, I’m told, was regularly assigned distraction duties if she came in when they had any new acquisitions.
I loved the idea of a penniless aristocrat starting a domestic agency without having a clue how to clean or lay a fire, and getting fed by gate crashing weddings. I will certainly start reading the rest of this series.
by Elodie
A good story, nicely written, characters are believable.
Only four stars because it was easy to guess who was the murderer.
It is between the TV program ‘Murder she wrote’ (simple) and Agatha Christy (complex).
But still, easy to read, perfect for relaxing.
by Pattie Fahey
There’s a little bit of everything in this…a little bit of murder, family, love interests and a lot of humour xx