We Three Queens (A Royal Spyness Mystery)
Lady Georgiana “Georgie” Rannoch is content with her new baby, happy marriage, and life at the manor house she’ll one day inherit. This peaceful existence is disrupted when two house guests are forced on her: Georgie’s opinionated sister-in-law and the king’s girlfriend, Wallis Simpson. Keeping the king and Mrs. Simpson’s relationship from the press becomes all the more difficult when a Hollywood crew arrives to film a movie about two of Henry VIII’s wives. Georgie juggles everyone’s competing needs, but when not one, but two people go missing, solving the mysteries takes precedence.
The manor house setting is well-written, with chilly rooms inside and damp fog outside Plus there’s plenty of tea and biscuits and, of course, a nearby village. Georgie and her husband Darcy are the comedic “straight men” to a cast of funny and troublemaking side characters, like feisty actors, a star-struck servant, and farmhands who may be hiding secrets.
The era (1936) nods to fears about Germany without this being a WWII story. With humor, several mysteries to solve, and many plot twists, this cozy mystery is a lighthearted read. It’s book 18 in the Royal Spyness Mystery series.
