false 514421 0 0 male 1030336 0553574760 9780553574760 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180359886m/1030336.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180359886s/1030336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1030336.Death_at_Buckingham_Palace_Her_Majesty_Investigates 3.83 24 514421 3.82 67 9 1996 1030338 0553574779 9780553574777 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180359903m/1030338.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180359903s/1030338.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1030338.Death_at_Sandringham_House_Her_Majesty_Investigates 3.65 20 514421 3.82 67 9 1996 1030339 0553574787 9780553574784 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180359905m/1030339.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180359905s/1030339.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1030339.Death_at_Windsor_Castle_Her_Majesty_Investigates 3.89 19 In this instance, Ascot Week at Windsor provides the setting, and Jane sets out to find who was rude enough to slaughter royal curator Roger Pettibon in the Throne Room of Windsor Castle. Strawberries, glamorous hats, and Eton schoolboys all play a role in helping Jane solve the crime. Benison's strength is her ear for Britspeak and the occasional hilarious aside in how the English amuse themselves with the summer onslaught of foreign tourists. (The Queen's footman, whose primary responsibility is looking after the Corgis, admits to one heat-flushed Southerner that a footman, of course, takes care of the royal family's feet.) At times, though, Jane has the grace of a bull in a china shop, or, more accurately, a North American abroad. And, Benison could make better use of minor characters, such as the chip-slinging single mother whose daughter gives Jane the clue she needs to solve the crime. They are often whisked away before the reader can appreciate their subtleties or contradictions. Still, Benison's efforts are solid enough and Death at Windsor Palace makes a nice addition to her series. --K.A. Crouch

]]> 514421 3.82 67 9 1998 1030340 1897109032 9781897109038 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180359905m/1030340.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180359905s/1030340.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1030340.Death_in_Cold_Type 3.50 2 Winnipeg Citizen, including troubled feature writer Liz Elliot, volatile lifestyle editor Guy Clark, and Michael's narcissistic sister Merritt Parrish, whom Michael has tried to help get back on the straight and narrow. One of his oldest friends, Axel Werner, also becomes involved and, of course, Stevie, the woman Leo loves. The past intrudes in new and disturbing ways. Old scandals cast long shadows and long-ago deaths take on frightening implications. From old-money Crescentwood to a new-money mall, from the Citizen's dilapidated newsroom to a peaceful prairie retreat, Leo follows a complex trail of clues, until he not only knows, but knows he has only moments to thwart another brutal murder.]]> 514421 3.82 67 9 2005 6764965 0330350269 9780330350266 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6764965-death-at-buckingham-palace 0.0 0 514421 3.82 67 9 1997