Her Royal Spyness: 1 (Royal Spyness Mystery)

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2008
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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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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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: Jul 2008
ISBN 10: 0425222527
ISBN 13: 9780425222522

Media Reviews

An insightful blend of old-fashioned whodunnit, clever satire and drawing room comedy of errors. --*New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear

The perfect fix between seasons for Downton Abbey addicts. --New York Times bestselling author Deborah Crombie

Fans of P.G. Wodehouse looking for laughs mingled with some amateur sleuthing will be quite pleased. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Georgie's high spirits and the author's frothy prose are utterly captivating. --The Denver Post

A smashing romp. --Booklist (starred review)

Author Bio

Rhys Bowen, a New York Times bestselling author, has been nominated for every major award in mystery writing, including the Edgar(R), and has won many, including both the Agatha and Anthony awards. She is the author of the Royal Spyness Mysteries, set in 1930s London, 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.