Four Funerals and Maybe
a Wedding: Her Royal Spyness #12 by Rhys Bowen. Penguin Publishing Group. Copyright
August 2018.; pb. 304 pp.; ISBN: 9780425283523.
Lady
Georgiana Rannoch is soon to marry her love Darcy. Georgie is a cousin to the Queen but has
agreed to forfeit her royalty in marrying a commoner, which she doesn’t mind
one whit.
Weddings
are in the air it seems! Her mother is
going to marry a German (not so wise in pre-WWII climate of 1935), her
grandfather is planning on marrying his neighbor and Darcy’s father is planning
on marrying a princess of England. Now
she’s going to stay at the home of her mother’s ex-husband. Wedding plans are getting complex since Queen
Mary wishes to attend and wants many royal persons there as well. That will all come together but what Georgie
finds in Sir Hubert Anstruther’s country home is far from normal and is quite
mysterious!
The
home is covered in dust but worse is the butler, maid, and cook with nasty
attitudes. They refuse to take Georgie’s
requests or even orders unless Sir Hubert Anstruther approves them. It also seems the help has been “cooking the
books,” helping themselves to a mite extra for their loyal service (or lack of
is more like it).
No
spoilers – suffice to say that a resident madwoman, someone turning on the gas
taps in Georgie’s room, etc. and then a dead body pose significant risks to
Georgie and her Mum, Grandad and maid/cook Queenie. One knows the mystery will be solved but it’s
the process of discovering the crooks/would-be killers and killers that’s done
in a light-hearted, fun manner.
Darcy
is occasionally present so the romance side is just a snippet here and
there. Of course, although no one
specifies what Darcy does for a living, it’s clear he’s a spy or something
distinctly related to that profession.
Enjoy
Four Funerals and a Wedding, a
highly enjoyable royal mystery!
(Advanced
Reader copy provided courtesy of Penguin Publishing Group in exchange for an
honest review.)
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