A review by jwoodsum
The Blood Royal by Barbara Cleverly

4.0

I have thoroughly enjoyed the Joe Sandilands series since I discovered it a few years ago. The latest entry finds Joe back in 1920s London as a commander with Scotland Yard. Lily Wentworth is a young police constable who is hand-picked by Joe to work on an undercover assignment in connection with a possible assasination attempt on the Prince of Wales. Lily is one tough customer and a delight. Joe constantly underestimates her and they develop an interesting relationship over the course of the book. A subplot involving the Romanovs proved to be especially interesting to me as I had just finished the Eye of the Red Tsar.