Barbara L. reviewed on 12/23/2009 + 988 more book reviews

Clever cozy, worth the read. The book jacket states, "The author of the Molly Murphy and Constable Evans mysteries now turns her attentions to a feisty new heroine to delight a legion of Anglophile readers; and the mischief, mishaps, and musings of minor English royalty - circa 1930..." Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie is 34th in line for the throne and she is, as they say, flat broke. When her brother Binky cut off her meager allowance, she bolted from Scotland to London, where she a) built a fire in the hearth - entirely on her own, b) fell for an absoutely unsuitable Irish peer, c) made a few quid housekeeping incognita, and d) been summoned by the Queen herself to spy on her playboy son and his lover, Wallace Simpson. Less than thrilled with the last bit, she's wondering what to do when an arrogant Frenchman - who was trying to swipe the family estate - winds up dead in her bathtub. Now, her new job is to clear her very long family name ...

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