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About the Book – Rozie is the new assistant private secretary to HM The Queen. Whilst she is away in Nigeria for a cousin’s wedding, the unthinkable happens at Windsor Castle – a young Russian pianist is found dead – strangled – in one of the guest rooms at the castle. Rozie returns to the castle and soon finds herself working as an assistant to the Queen in solving the mystery. Rozie soon finds out that this is not the first mystery that the Queen has worked on, and discovers that she (and the Queen) have a knack for working together and solving mysteries. But the murder of the Russian pianist may be the work of the Russian government, and Rozie is in the firing line…
Rating – 4.5/5
My Thoughts – This book was a Christmas present from my parents, that I had asked for after seeing it for sale on Fox Lane Books. I am a secret Royal watcher (though not to the lengths that some go) and am a massive fan particularly of the Queen, and of murder mysteries, so what’s not to like? I really enjoyed the parts written in the Queen’s voice – I thought that they were very realistic feeling – kind, humorous and very clever. The Queen’s dislike of being talked down to, together with her relationship with Prince Philip I thought really added character to this non-fictional, but also fictional representation of her. Rozie was great too – I loved the idea of a black private secretary breaking down walls of dislike and prejudice, with the help of Her Majesty.
This book was a quick read and had plenty of plot twists to keep me reading – as well as a mystery that I couldn’t guess. It felt ‘gentle’ too – more like a cosy crime type of novel as opposed to a hard-hitting murder mystery. One of the quotes on the cover was that it felt like a Miss Marple book – and I would heartily agree – it had the same cleverness alongside humour and that assurance that there are good people in the world working for good. A book I very much enjoyed, and I will be looking out for the sequel!
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