Her Majesty Investigates Series
C.C. Benison
Light reading for sure - but fun!
 |
| 1996
Jane Bee, from Prince Edward Island, decided to take a year off before University to travel in Europe. She "came to Europe for adventure, only to end up with the job of a lifetime - housemaid at Buckingham Palace. Now her greatest challenge is removing gum from State Room carpets - until she comes across a nasty accident right outside the Royal Apartments. The Queen herself has - literally - stumbled across the dead body of Jane's good friend, footman and aspiring actor Robin Tukes, in what appears to be a suicide.
But why would handsome, impetuous Robin, having just toasted his engagement to a gorgeous housemaid, not to mention his impending fatherhood, want to die? Buck House buzzes, but only Jane - and the Royal Personage known belowstairs as "Mother" - suspects foul play. At Her Majesty's behest, Jane launches a discreet inquiry that takes her from Servants' Hall to the highest echelons of the Palace. Yet the more Jane uncovers, the more clear it becomes that this latest royal scandal is a real killer."
|
 |
| 1996
"When housemaid Jane Bee accompanies the Royals on their annual Christmas jaunt to Sandringham, she believes she's in for a bit of a snooze. Aside from her regular duties, there's nothing much to do in the wilds of Norfolk..... until the body of a woman turns up in the village hall - a woman who just happens to be a dead ringer for the Queen, right down to her glittering crown.
While the royal bodyguards tighten their security and the police concentrate their efforts on a notorious animal rights group, Her Majesty bids Jane to do her own discreet digging. But when Jane learns the origin of the dead woman's tiara, she finds herself suddenly unstitching an upstairs/downstairs tapestry of indiscretions going back fifty years. And then a second brazen murder occurs in the very heart of Sandringham House, and it looks like the coming New Year could be more horribilis than any yet."
|
This time Jane's father, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, just happens to be visiting. He's come to try to convince her to go home and into the University so she can get on with her life. Jane's having too much fun to want to go back home just yet, but her father is very helpful in solving this mystery.
Must see if I can locate the third in this series, "Death at Windsor Castle"!
No comments:
Post a Comment