The national bestselling author of Royal Blood whisks her heroine away to the French Riviera for fun-and danger.
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Sep 22, 2011
Melee
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5/15/11: *gasp* She's writing another one! Will Georgie finally be deflowered by Darcy?!?! I don't know how long I can wait to find out!!! :P
9/22/11: Welp, looks like there's going to be another book in this series. For some reason, I have no doubt that we are to be strung along at least until Georgie and Darcy's relationship is, er... consummated. Of course, this consummation could take the form of marriage even; I don't know! Still, I'm not complaining. This series is More...
9/22/11: Welp, looks like there's going to be another book in this series. For some reason, I have no doubt that we are to be strung along at least until Georgie and Darcy's relationship is, er... consummated. Of course, this consummation could take the form of marriage even; I don't know! Still, I'm not complaining. This series is More...
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Oct 12, 2011
Kiri
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This series officially counts as a guilty pleasure. I really look forward to another lighthearted romp through a 1920's/30's style murder and mayhem high-society style with Georgie and Co.
This book whisks us away to Nice in the winter of 1933, at HRH Queen Mary's behest. (I won't say why it'll spoil the plot). We get a right dose of Fig before departing London and a view of the soup-lines and general conditions of the Depression. Seriously Fig needs a good one up the backside - More...
This book whisks us away to Nice in the winter of 1933, at HRH Queen Mary's behest. (I won't say why it'll spoil the plot). We get a right dose of Fig before departing London and a view of the soup-lines and general conditions of the Depression. Seriously Fig needs a good one up the backside - More...
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Nov 14, 2011
Patricia
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I continue to love this series. The era between the world wars, with many world players (Prince Edward/David, That American Woman/Wallis, even Churchhill) playing minor roles, along with the cads and swingers of the time. I love the characters from Lady Georgiana to her mother (who finally steps up to the plate in this book and not only takes a central role, but demonstrates that she might even have a maternal urge or two) to her Irish rogue of a sometimes-boyfriend, to her totally inadequate bu
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Nov 30, 2011
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The Her Royal Spyness series are the hijinks of Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie (better known as Georgie), daughter to the Duke of Atholt and Rannoch, 34th in line to the throne and flat broke. On the side, she does some covert work for Her Majesty the Queen of England (who happens to be a close relative). In the latest installment, Bowen takes Georgie to the French Riviera where she models for Coco Chanel, flirts with many debonair men, witnesses a murder or three and recovers sever
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Nov 29, 2011
Sally
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I have enjoyed all of the "Royal Spyness" mysteries, featuring Lady Georgiana Rannoch. This one takes her to Nice, on the French Riviera on a mission for the Queen. Of course, Georgie always gets herself involved in interesting situations, and it is the creative rollout of events that always makes them unexpected. There is a touch of romance, and in the four previous books, the mysterious Darcy O'Mara has provided that tingle of romance for Georgie. This book does not include much ab
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Oct 20, 2011
Kathy
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Fifth in the Her Royal Spyness mystery series. This story revolves around the Lady Georgiana Rannoch in 1933.
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A royal with no income, Lady Georgiana is commissioned by Queen Mary to retrieve an antique snuffbox stolen during a New Year Honors reception by Sir Toby Groper. Who is currently in Nice which gives Georgie the chance to travel to the Riviera and sponge off Fig's sister and husband---well, Fig did say she'd be welcome and this is a chance to put one in her eye! Oh More...
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A royal with no income, Lady Georgiana is commissioned by Queen Mary to retrieve an antique snuffbox stolen during a New Year Honors reception by Sir Toby Groper. Who is currently in Nice which gives Georgie the chance to travel to the Riviera and sponge off Fig's sister and husband---well, Fig did say she'd be welcome and this is a chance to put one in her eye! Oh More...
Sep 29, 2011
Snail in Danger (Sid)
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Probably the best work in this series to date, and so very, very evocative of The Mystery of the Blue Train. Having read that first will enhance your enjoyment of this book (if you like The Blue Train, anyway, which I do despite its flaws). I wouldn't necessarily say that you should read it just to be informed before reading this one, but the idea is worth considering. Anyway, Georgiana would still take the gold medal, if long jumping to conclusions were an Olympic event. I guess that's just
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Sep 17, 2011
Larraine
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After the dark and moody crime novel of my previous post, it was time for a little light and froth. What better than the latest Lady Georgianna in what is now being called the Royal Spyness series. In this book, it is January, cold, depressing and Lady Georgianna is living in her family's London home, unfortunately with her brother and his pregnant wife, Fig. (We learn her real name in this book. It's NOT pretty!) Georgie is told that we will have to go back to the cold & very drafty family cast
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Nov 08, 2011
E.
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Another entertaining tale of Lady Georgiana Rannoch who is still fighting her stringent circumstances. It's not easy being a relative of the queen but dependent on the virtually non-existent largesse of her brother and his less than generous spouse. Everyone who's anyone is going to Nice, to bask on the French Riviera. Georgy would love to accompany them but sees little chance of that happening until she is tasked with a delicate mission by the queen who agrees to finance the travel but expec
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Aug 15, 2011
Judith
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Rhys Bowen’s latest offering in her Royal Spyness series, Naughty in Nice, is pure fun. The French Riviera in 1933, Coco Chanel, Mrs. Simpson and the Duke of Windsor lurking on the sidelines, handsome scoundrels and clever thieves, gorgeous gowns and too much champagne, not to mention a dark, handsome lover and a clever if somewhat naïve young Lady Georgiana (cousin to Queen Mary) out to solve all the puzzles even if it puts her life in danger.
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Dec 31, 2011
A review of Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen
A charming delightful read when not able to travel to the Riviera; although it rained quite a bit.
The line “Do you tie everything in to sex?” To have interest in a person or not and then the dismissal if of no interest seems to depict this book’s reading well. The names of the characters emphasize the rumpus attitude in the book; male Dom vs. female Dom and who be the winner (Lady Georgiana Rannoch or Sir Toby Groper?)
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A charming delightful read when not able to travel to the Riviera; although it rained quite a bit.
The line “Do you tie everything in to sex?” To have interest in a person or not and then the dismissal if of no interest seems to depict this book’s reading well. The names of the characters emphasize the rumpus attitude in the book; male Dom vs. female Dom and who be the winner (Lady Georgiana Rannoch or Sir Toby Groper?)
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Oct 17, 2011
Gail
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The Honorable and impoverished Lady Georgiana is back and shivering in winter London while all the social world is basking on the French Riveria. Even her pinch penny brother and sister in law are going. Georgie lunches with her cousin, Her Majesty the Queen and sent on a mission to retrieve a stolen snuff box from a parvenue peer, Sir Toby Groper. The Queen pays her ticket and for her maid and Georgie shows up on the doorstep of her brother's rental house. Less than welcome.
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Aug 25, 2011
Fred
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This book is the fifth in The Royal Spyness Series. I really enjoy this series, need to read #4) and I think this is the best one yet.
The London house is being closed as Lady Georgianna's, 34th in line for the throne, brother and his family are preparing to go the Riveria. Unfortunately there is no money for Georgie and her maid to go with them. But then the Queen asks if Georgie would undertake a secret mission to recover a valuable snuffbox that has been stolen from the castle and More...
The London house is being closed as Lady Georgianna's, 34th in line for the throne, brother and his family are preparing to go the Riveria. Unfortunately there is no money for Georgie and her maid to go with them. But then the Queen asks if Georgie would undertake a secret mission to recover a valuable snuffbox that has been stolen from the castle and More...
Oct 25, 2011
Susan
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Reading this Royal series is like spending the afternoon eating chocolates on the sofa. It's a great way to spend the day. There's just something so entertaining about the Lady Georgiana and her quest to have a bearable life. She's just so hamstrung with the poverty of her family and yet so closely tied to the Royal Family that she has few options. Luckily, this time the Queen sends her to the Riviera and finally Georgie gets to kick up her heels. She shares a lovely villa with her mother and Co
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Oct 28, 2011
Lori
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Might be my favorite of this series, so far!!! As always, familiar characters and fun new ones (like Coco Chanel) and a great set up.
This time, it's the dead of winter, and anyone who's anyone is no longer in London but in Nice on the French Rivera -- including the Prince of Wales and Georgie's brother Binky and sister-in-law Fig. But of course, no money for Georgie's ticket or place for her to stay. That is, until HM asks Georgie to "recover" a silver snuffbox taken from H More...
This time, it's the dead of winter, and anyone who's anyone is no longer in London but in Nice on the French Rivera -- including the Prince of Wales and Georgie's brother Binky and sister-in-law Fig. But of course, no money for Georgie's ticket or place for her to stay. That is, until HM asks Georgie to "recover" a silver snuffbox taken from H More...
Sep 23, 2011
A.F.
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The Queen calls upon Georgie and to re-acquire an expensive diamond studded snuff box that a guest stole during a royal function. The Queen knows the man who did it and he is staying in Nice on the French Riviera. While Georgie is there, maybe she can keep an eye on her cousin, the Prince as he is running around with that American married woman. The Queen pays for Georgie's train fare and she is off with her inept maid. On the train she makes friends with an old acquaintance of the family, Vera
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Oct 31, 2011
Beth
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This is the last book to date in the Royal Spyness series. It's another fun outing with Lady Georgiana Rannoch (Georgie), 34th in line to the British throne, set during the 1930s. In this book, Georgie travels to the French Riviera at the bequest of the queen. The queen wants Georgie to retrieve a valuable snuffbox that was stolen from her. While there, Georgie ends up staying in her flighty mother's villa (a gift from an old boyfriend) where it just so happens that Coco Chanel is also stay
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Sep 20, 2011
Andrea
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Cozy mysteries are such fun, and this one is really different from most of the series I read. There are no recipes or pets helping solve the crime or little old ladies...
I really found this book to be refreshing. Spying, theft and a murder! All taking place in the 1930s and involving the aristocracy! The closest series that this comes to are the Lady Jane Grey mysteries, but this is much lighter fare and a more fun read.
Georgie is a fabulous heroine and her family make up a More...
I really found this book to be refreshing. Spying, theft and a murder! All taking place in the 1930s and involving the aristocracy! The closest series that this comes to are the Lady Jane Grey mysteries, but this is much lighter fare and a more fun read.
Georgie is a fabulous heroine and her family make up a More...
Oct 10, 2011
Dee
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Finally Georgie gets to have some fun in this latest installment of the "Her Royal Spyness" series. Facing the glum alternatives of closing up the London house and going back to bleak Castle Rannoch alone for the winter at her Sister-in-law Fig's insistence or becoming companion to a moldering elderly Royal relative at the Queen's, Georgie jumps at the chance to do a service for the Queen and spend the Winter on the French Riviera. There are surprises, romances, robberies, seductions,
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Oct 29, 2011
Nancy
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Lady Georgie is at it again. Her brother and sister-in-law are expecting a baby, they are headed to Nice because it will be "good for her health", but they cannot afford to take Georgie too. Well Georgie does not want to go back to Scotland which is really her only choice. At the last minute the queen comes to her rescuse asking her to go and retrieve a stolen snuff box. Well off she goes to do the queen's bidding and low and behold her brother and Fig are not exactly living the hi
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Jan 08, 2012
Kathleen
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What drew me to this book was its comparison to P.G. Wodehouse. Certainly Bowen’s talent is not equal to that of Wodehouse, but her style is reminiscent of his. The characters were entertaining, and some of the dialogue made me laugh out loud. Set in England in 1933, the effects of the last world war are still diminishing the life of the upper class and making vacations in Nice contingent upon the kindness of wealthy friends and family.
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Oct 15, 2011
Susan
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Lady Georgiana is of royal blood, but short of money. So a free ticket to the Riviera during a dreary 1930's London winter is a wonderful gift. But Georgie finds herself a lamb among the Riviera wolves, with a handsome French marquise leading the pack. Fortunately, she meets Coco Chanel and her business partner Vera, an Englishwoman with a connection to Georgie's family. When Vera's egregious neighbor is killed, the French police think Georgie is the most likely suspect. All the while, Geor
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Oct 01, 2011
Diane
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This was a fun & unusual story; a lite murder mystery. It is the 1930's and Lady Georgiana (Georgie) is age 22 and the 34th in line to the British Throne. Her father lost most of the family money, so she and her brother Binky (the current Duke) don't have much money of their own. The current Queen Mary sends Georgie to Nice, France to spy on the Prince of Wales & Wallis Simpson. Troubles & murder ensue. The author mixes real & fictional characters to create a fun story. If you enjoy PBS Ma
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Nov 07, 2011
Debbie
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The weather is lousy in England, so the rich head to the French Riviera. Georgie feels excluded when her brother and his wife head to the Riviera until the Queen asks Georgie to go and find a stolen snuffbox. During this escapade to the Riviera, Georgie models for Coco Chanel, becomes a murder suspect, meets some fascinating men, and spies on Crown Prince David and his new love interest, Wallis Simpson. Bowen does a nice job presenting the world of the rich and the royalty, but falls short on
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Sep 03, 2011
Phair
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This is a fun series and I enjoyed the latest outing. Riviera setting was fresh and colorful. Loved the inclusion of the historic personages (Chanel, Wallis Simpson, etc). Even though the mystery was only so-so (I had been pretty sure of the whos early on but not all the details of the whys) it was such fun getting there. Loved seeing more of the family interactions between Georgie & her SIL, Fig, and seeing more of Georgie's glamorous mother plus getting more background on G's father as well
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Jan 30, 2012
Amber
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So, I normally really like Rhys Bowen's books and I still enjoyed this one, but it was my least favorite of hers so far. Not very suspenseful for a mystery novel and the romance aspect (which, is a main plot line for these books) was seriously lacking. And why was Darcy so absent in this book? I realize Georgie had to come to some conclusions about their relationship but he only showed up about 5 times in the whole novel. I was disappointed. I am hoping that the next one has bit more danger and
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Nov 17, 2011
Shawn
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Rhys Bowen's "Royal" just gets better and better. Naughty in Nice is a screwball comedy of manners as well as a dead body-laden (in the good old fashioned Christie-an style) whodunit. A perfectly fun little murder mystery. It's like everybody on the Orient Express switched trains, went to Nice, and developed a sense of humor and sex appeal. Russian princesses, French aristocracy, the British Royal family, West End actresses, Coco Chanel - this could not have been any better. When's
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Oct 08, 2011
Tara
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There are few things I love more than a good mystery. I don't read as many as I used to, which is a shame. I adored Naughty in Nice, which was an utter delight. This book is part of a series, but I hadn't read the previous books, and while I'm sure it helps to read them in order, you don't have to in order to enjoy the story.
Georgie's in for a boring winter when her brother and his wife appear in London. Her sister-in-law, Fig, should have been named Prig, because that's what she is. W More...
Georgie's in for a boring winter when her brother and his wife appear in London. Her sister-in-law, Fig, should have been named Prig, because that's what she is. W More...
Sep 21, 2011
Evangeline
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I love the Royal Spyness series--it's cheeky, breezy, and possesses just enough British flavor without becoming a parody. The mysteries aren't half bad either, and I'm always surprised by the twists and turns of the plot. Since the series is rather "cozy," there aren't any graphic descriptions of murder, or sick and twisted villains to contend with, which is precisely how I like my mysteries.
Naughty in Nice is book five in the series, but outside of a few references to pas More...
Naughty in Nice is book five in the series, but outside of a few references to pas More...
Sep 10, 2011
Debra
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What's Lady Georgie to do, when her SIL Fig wants to exile her to the cold, isolated Scottish castle for the winter? Relief comes when the Queen asks her to take on a small matter for her in the south of France.
Another enjoyable romp for Lady Georgie. Frothy and silly, but great fun. Cameo appearances by the likes of Coco Chanel don't hurt. This series reminds me of 1930's movie comedies. Don't you agree?
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Another enjoyable romp for Lady Georgie. Frothy and silly, but great fun. Cameo appearances by the likes of Coco Chanel don't hurt. This series reminds me of 1930's movie comedies. Don't you agree?
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