Her Royal Spyness
By Rhys Bowen (324 pages)
Published by Berkley Prime Crime
Bookish rating: 4
Huh. I was unexpectedly charmed by this first book in a historical mystery series in which we follow the penniless yet royal Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie in the 1930s as she dodges engagement to a hum-drum royal and decides to make something of herself in London.
But, it being the 1930s and Georgie having a skill set for nothing, making a go of London is a challenge. Fortunately, someone shows up dead in her bathtub and she has a mystery to solve.
The mystery is fun and not the most intricate or mystifying of whodunnits, but the mystery holds up perfectly fine and the writing is snappy, witty, and just plain fun. A bit of a narrative romp for the anglophile in each of us, eh?
And really, I'm quite excited to read the second book in the series, which tells me Bowen generated a dang good book. Recommended.
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