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Her Royal Spyness

by Rhys Bowen

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ISBN13: 9780425222522
ISBN10: 0425222527
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Rhys Bowen's excellent new mystery series starts here with Her Royal Spyness. Lady Georgie has left dreary Scotland and her horrid sister-in-law. Broke and living in her family's cavernous townhouse in London, Georgie quickly finds herself embroiled in murder, intrigue, and finding a clandestine job. Along the way she is aided by her clever Cockney grandfather, a fast-living old school chum with a well-stocked closet, and a handsome Irish rogue who isn't quite what he appears to be. Bowen's characters and prose are as lively and engaging as Lady Georgie herself.
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The Agatha Award winner debuts a 1930s London mystery series, featuring a penniless twenty-something member of the extended royal family. Her ridiculously long name is Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, daughter to the Duke of Atholt and Rannoch. And she is flat broke. As the thirty-fourth in line for the throne, she has been taught only a few things, among them, the perfect curtsey. But when her brother cuts off her allowance, she leaves Scotland, and her fianc Fish-Face, for London, where she has: a) worked behind a cosmetics counter-and gotten sacked after five hours b) started to fall for a quite unsuitable minor royal c) made some money housekeeping (incognita, of course), and d) been summoned by the Queen to spy on her playboy son. Then an arrogant Frenchman, who wants her family's 800-year-old estate for himself, winds up dead in her bathtub. Now her most important job is to clear her very long family name.

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INTRODUCING ?A FEISTY NEW HEROINE? (JACQUELINE WINSPEAR) who?s thirty-fourth in line for the throne?and flat broke.

From the Agatha Award-winning author of the Molly Murphy and Constable Evan Evans mysteries!

Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, 34th in line for the throne, is flat broke. She?s bolted Scotland, her greedy brother, and her fish-faced betrothed for London. The place where she?ll experience freedom, learn life lessons aplenty, do a bit of spying for HRH?oh, and find a dead Frenchman in her tub. Now her new job is to clear her long family name.

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About the Author

Rhys Bowen has been nominated for every major award in mystery writing, including the Edgar®, and has won seven, including both Agatha and Anthony awards. She is also the author of the Molly Murphy Mysteries set in turn-of-the-century New York, and the Constable Evans Mysteries set in Wales. She was born in England and lives in Northern California.
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Cathy from Olympia, Washington, May 4, 2010 (view all comments by Cathy from Olympia, Washington)
Knowing I enjoy cozy mysteries, a friend loaned me her copy. I enjoyed this so much that I plan to purchase a copy for myself, and for my mother as a gift. It's 1932, and Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, daughter to the Duke of Atholt and Rannoch (aka Georgie) is flat broke. However, being 34th in line to the English throne, her options are limited-- one doesn't work as a "common" laborer when one is royalty, however far removed. Since Georgie has no interest in marrying "Fish-Face" (better known as Prince Siegfried of Romania), she flees Scotland to find her own way in London and work (incognito, naturally). Trying to work without being recognized is difficult enough, but when an arrogant Frenchman winds up dead in her bathtub and her brother is arrested for murder, things really start to get complicated, and Georgie risks life and honor to clear her brother's name.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780425222522
Author:
Bowen, Rhys
Publisher:
Berkley Hardcover
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Aristocracy (Social class)
Subject:
London (england)
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Subject:
Mystery-A to Z
Copyright:
2008
Edition Description:
B-Hardcover
Series:
A Royal Spyness Mystery
Series Volume:
1
Publication Date:
20121106
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
6.85x4.21x.90 in. .38 lbs.
Age Level:
from 18
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"Staff Pick" by ,

Rhys Bowen's excellent new mystery series starts here with Her Royal Spyness. Lady Georgie has left dreary Scotland and her horrid sister-in-law. Broke and living in her family's cavernous townhouse in London, Georgie quickly finds herself embroiled in murder, intrigue, and finding a clandestine job. Along the way she is aided by her clever Cockney grandfather, a fast-living old school chum with a well-stocked closet, and a handsome Irish rogue who isn't quite what he appears to be. Bowen's characters and prose are as lively and engaging as Lady Georgie herself.

by Carrie
"Synopsis" by ,
INTRODUCING ?A FEISTY NEW HEROINE? (JACQUELINE WINSPEAR) who?s thirty-fourth in line for the throne?and flat broke.

From the Agatha Award-winning author of the Molly Murphy and Constable Evan Evans mysteries!

Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, 34th in line for the throne, is flat broke. She?s bolted Scotland, her greedy brother, and her fish-faced betrothed for London. The place where she?ll experience freedom, learn life lessons aplenty, do a bit of spying for HRH?oh, and find a dead Frenchman in her tub. Now her new job is to clear her long family name.
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