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Malice At The Palace

Malice At The Palace, August 2015
Royal Spyness #9
by Rhys Bowen

Berkley
Featuring: Lady Georgiana Rannoch
304 pages
ISBN: 0425260380
EAN: 9780425260388
Kindle: B00OQSF61K
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"Georgie must solve a mystery that could reflect badly on the Royal family"

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Malice At The Palace
Rhys Bowen

Reviewed by Leanne Davis
Posted September 2, 2015

Mystery Amateur Sleuth | Mystery Historical

In MALICE AT THE PALACE, Georgie had been staying in her friend, Belinda's place until Belinda unexpectedly returns. She returns to Rannoch House to find her brother and sister-in-law there. Down to her last option, she decides to stay with her maternal grandfather, until she is asked to stay at Kensington Palace with her cousin's betrothed wife. George has led a disreputable life but he is now engaged to Princess Marina of Greece. Georgie is asked to stay with Marina and to guide her through society until the wedding. With her not-so-trusty maid Queenie at her side, Georgie moves into Kensington Palace. It seems like life is finally going her way. Then a dead woman is found on the grounds as Georgie and Marina return from a night out. The Queen asks Georgie to help Scotland Yard with their investigation as they do their best to keep the scandal under wraps. As Georgie learns more about the life of Bobo Carrington, she learns that Bobo was once involved with Darcy O'Mara, Georgie's often missing beau. The secrets exposed with lead to the identity of the killer. Rhy Bowen has kept the Royal Spyness series fresh and exciting. MALICE AT THE PALACE is an interestingly convoluted mystery based on the history of Kensington Palace and its ghosts. It ends on an interesting note with Georgie and Darcy. Don't miss this book if you are a fan of Ms. Bowen.

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SUMMARY

Lady Georgiana Rannoch won't deny that being thirty-fifth in line for the British throne has its advantages. Unfortunately, money isn't one of them. And sometimes making ends meet requires her to investigate a little royal wrongdoing. While my beau Darcy is off on a mysterious mission, I am once again caught between my high birth and empty purse. I am therefore relieved to receive a new assignment from the Queen—especially one that includes lodging. The King's youngest son, George, is to wed Princess Marina of Greece, and I shall be her companion at the supposedly haunted Kensington Palace. My duties are simple: help Marina acclimate to English life, show her the best of London and, above all, dispel any rumors about George's libertine history. Perhaps that last bit isn't so simple. George is known for his many affairs with women as well as men—including the great songwriter Noel Coward. But things truly get complicated when I search the Palace for a supposed ghost only to encounter an actual dead person: a society beauty said to have been one of Prince George's mistresses. Nothing spoils a royal wedding more than murder, and the Queen wants the whole matter hushed. But as the investigation unfolds—and Darcy, as always, turns up in the most unlikely of place...the investigation brings us precariously close to the prince himself.


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