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Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #1)

Rhys Bowen

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Jul 11, 2014 Donna rated it liked it

Shelves: historical-mystery

This book is a cross between a romance and a historical mystery. Through in the humor of a Donna Andrews mystery and that sums it up pretty well.

While I picked out the central clue immediately and thus knew the solution (thus making it a weaker "puzzle" in my mind), I did enjoy the historical aspects. It's just that with this level of writing I don't feel confident in the historicity. Would Queen Victoria's great-granddaughter actual had the freedom of movement Georgiana has here? I'm not sure. ...more

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Jan 13, 2018 Sarah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: england, fiction, mystery, mystery-cozy, mystery-historical, mystery-female-investigator

Star rating for overall quality: 2.5-3. Star rating within the cozy mystery genre: 5.
Georgie is a minor royal, 34th in line for the throne. Not that anyone is counting, and not that it makes any difference in her wretched Depression-era financial state. Georgie, without fortune and desired marriage prospects, leaves her brother's dreary Scotland house for their place in London and a fresh start. She reconnects with old school chums, learns how to navigate the coal hole, and struggles to earn so ...more

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