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Murder Most Royal by S.J. Bennett
5.0
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Oh, how I do love this cozy mystery series, which has the late Queen Elizabeth II helping her assistant private secretary, Rozie Oshodi, help solve murder mysteries. All three books have been set in 2016, and this mystery takes places surrounding the Christmas holidays at Sandringham. Why we in the U.S. had to wait almost a year for the release of the third volume is somewhat of a mystery, but I’m glad it’s finally here.
A severed hand with a signet ring washes up on shore, and somehow Rozie gets ahold of it and shows it to the queen. She, in turn, can identify it as 70-year-old Edward St Cyr, who used to play with the Prince of Wales when he was younger. However, even though it was easy to identify the victim from the signet ring and injury to the hand, finding the murderer is not so easy.
I’ve not read or seen any Miss Marple mysteries, but I am a great fan of Angela Lansbury’s Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote, and I find a lot of similarities in how the queen poses her questions to Rozie to investigate and how Jessica conducts her business of solving murders, too.
Once again, I was bowled over by the whimsical exchanges between various members of the royal family. This time Ann and Charles have some great exchanges, and I like to think the late queen would have enjoyed this cozy series and the playful yet endearing portrayal of herself and her family. One doesn’t read these books for the intricacies of plot, but for the characterizations, and I for one, wonder about the future of the series. Given that the murder mystery wraps up in early 2017, there’s still plenty of time for Rozie and the queen to solve mysteries.
If you’re a royal family fan like me, or enjoy cozy mysteries, you’ll enjoy Murder Most Royal. The audio narration by Samantha Bond was top-notch, as usual. Highly recommend!
Oh, how I do love this cozy mystery series, which has the late Queen Elizabeth II helping her assistant private secretary, Rozie Oshodi, help solve murder mysteries. All three books have been set in 2016, and this mystery takes places surrounding the Christmas holidays at Sandringham. Why we in the U.S. had to wait almost a year for the release of the third volume is somewhat of a mystery, but I’m glad it’s finally here.
A severed hand with a signet ring washes up on shore, and somehow Rozie gets ahold of it and shows it to the queen. She, in turn, can identify it as 70-year-old Edward St Cyr, who used to play with the Prince of Wales when he was younger. However, even though it was easy to identify the victim from the signet ring and injury to the hand, finding the murderer is not so easy.
I’ve not read or seen any Miss Marple mysteries, but I am a great fan of Angela Lansbury’s Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote, and I find a lot of similarities in how the queen poses her questions to Rozie to investigate and how Jessica conducts her business of solving murders, too.
Once again, I was bowled over by the whimsical exchanges between various members of the royal family. This time Ann and Charles have some great exchanges, and I like to think the late queen would have enjoyed this cozy series and the playful yet endearing portrayal of herself and her family. One doesn’t read these books for the intricacies of plot, but for the characterizations, and I for one, wonder about the future of the series. Given that the murder mystery wraps up in early 2017, there’s still plenty of time for Rozie and the queen to solve mysteries.
If you’re a royal family fan like me, or enjoy cozy mysteries, you’ll enjoy Murder Most Royal. The audio narration by Samantha Bond was top-notch, as usual. Highly recommend!