Synopses & Reviews
Now in one volumethe first three charming and lighthearted” (
Kirkus Reviews) Royal Spyness Mysteries from national bestselling author Rhys Bowen, featuring the elegant, titled, and stony-broke sleuth Lady Georgiana Rannoch.
Her Royal Spyness
Georgie is forced to earn her keep as a housekeeper in London when the Queen summons her to spy on the playboy prince. But when a Frenchman winds up dead in Georgies bathtub, its her job to clear her very long family name.
A Royal Pain
While entertaining a Bavarian princess at the Queens behest, Georgie finds herself investigating the rather more worrisome matter of the dead body in the bookshop, as well as her royal guests unwitting involvement in the communist party.
Royal Flush
After being saved from scandal by her on-again-but-mostly-off-again beau, Darcy OMara, Georgie is shipped home, where Scotland Yard asks her to keep an eye on a shooting party and prevent someone from killing the Prince of Wales instead of quails.
Review
"A grand period piece and a lighthearted and completely diverting mystery."
-DENVER POST
"Enchanting. Fans will welcome the return of this spunky heroine."
-PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Review
“As usual, Georgies high spirits and the authors frothy prose are utterly captivating.”—
The Denver Post
“Delightfully naïve, charming and quite smart, Georgie is a breath of fresh air.”—Library Journal
“A delectable mystery with vibrant characters and a bit of romance, Bowens latest is a rollicking good read.”—Booklist
Synopsis
Another hilarious mystery featuring penniless aristocrat Lady Georgie, aa feisty new heroine to delight a legion of Anglophile readersa (Jacqueline Winspear).
The Queen of England has concocted a plan in which Georgie is to entertain a Bavarian princessa and conveniently place her in the playboy Princeas path, in the hopes that he might finally marry.
But queens never take money into account. Georgie has very little, which is why she moonlights as a maid-in-disguise. She must draw up plans: clean house to make it look like a palace; have Granddad and her neighbor pretend to be the domestic staff; un-teach Princess Hanni the English sheas culled from American gangster movies; cure said Princess of her embarrassing shoplifting habit; and keep an eye on her at parties. Then thereas the worrying matter of the body in the bookshop and Hannias unwitting involvement with the Communist Party. Itas enough to drive a girl crazy...
Synopsis
Lady Georgiana finds herself in a heap of royal trouble in the second novel in theNew York Times bestselling Royal Spyness Mystery series.
London, 1932. Poor Lady Georgiana thirty-fourth in line to the throne has nothing to serve her Bavarian princess houseguest, even though the Queen of England has requested that she entertain her. Then there's the matter of the body in the bookshop and the princess's unwitting involvement with the Communist party. It's enough to drive a girl mad..."
Synopsis
1930s London. Poor Lady Georgiana-thirty-fourth in line to the throne-has nothing to serve her Bavarian princess houseguest, even though the Queen of England has requested that she entertain her. Then there's the matter of the body in the bookshop and the princess's unwitting involvement with the Communist party. It's enough to drive a girl mad.
Synopsis
From a critically acclaimed author comes another hilarious mystery set in 1930s London, featuring penniless aristocrat Lady Georgiana, a feisty new heroine to delight a legion of Anglophile readers (Jacqueline Winspear).
About the Author
Rhys Bowen has been nominated for every major award in mystery writing, including the Edgar®, and has won many, including both the 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 now divides her time between Northern California and Arizona.