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attytheresa 's review for:
Love and Death Among the Cheetahs
by Rhys Bowen
You don't read this for the murder mystery or espionage or even Her Royal Spyness, although those are fun and entertaining. You read it for the historical period, personages and even the murder that were adapted with great skill into this exotic cozy.
It is 1935 and Georgie and Darcy head to Kenya on their honeymoon, though both have secret assignments. They have been invited to stay with the colonial British aristocrats in the Happy Valley, which at that time was a hotbed of degenerate behavior. Georgie was tasked by Queen Mary to keep an eye on the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Simpson so no elopement woukd occur. Darcy was tasked with tracing a jewel thief and checking on those Happy Valley denizens with political aspirations and friendships with Hitler. In the middle of it all, a murder occurs.
To me the murder solution and motive were obvious from the body bring found. I did not care how obvious both the solution and red herrings were; I was just enjoying the whole interplay of historical and fictional, as well as this glimpse of Colonial Kenya and tge world of Happy Valley I first encountered in [b:Circling the Sun|23995231|Circling the Sun|Paula McLain|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1426531608l/23995231._SX50_.jpg|43446210], [a:Paula McLain|290189|Paula McLain|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1521037060p2/290189.jpg]'s novel about Beryl Markham.
I had such a good time reading it, I bumped it up from 3.5 stars.
It is 1935 and Georgie and Darcy head to Kenya on their honeymoon, though both have secret assignments. They have been invited to stay with the colonial British aristocrats in the Happy Valley, which at that time was a hotbed of degenerate behavior. Georgie was tasked by Queen Mary to keep an eye on the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Simpson so no elopement woukd occur. Darcy was tasked with tracing a jewel thief and checking on those Happy Valley denizens with political aspirations and friendships with Hitler. In the middle of it all, a murder occurs.
To me the murder solution and motive were obvious from the body bring found. I did not care how obvious both the solution and red herrings were; I was just enjoying the whole interplay of historical and fictional, as well as this glimpse of Colonial Kenya and tge world of Happy Valley I first encountered in [b:Circling the Sun|23995231|Circling the Sun|Paula McLain|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1426531608l/23995231._SX50_.jpg|43446210], [a:Paula McLain|290189|Paula McLain|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1521037060p2/290189.jpg]'s novel about Beryl Markham.
I had such a good time reading it, I bumped it up from 3.5 stars.