by Rhys Bowen
Part of Her Royal Spyness, book 9
First published 2015
Lady Georgiana Rannoch needs money more than royal privilege. The Queen assigns her to help Princess Marina of Greece prepare for her wedding to Prince George at Kensington Palace. Georgiana must show Marina around London and smooth over rumors about George's scandalous love affairs with both men and women. The palace supposedly has ghosts, but Georgiana discovers something worse during her search. She finds a dead society beauty who was one of Prince George's mistresses. The Queen wants the murder investigation kept quiet to protect the royal wedding. Georgiana digs deeper into the case while her boyfriend Darcy appears unexpectedly to help. The investigation leads dangerously close to Prince George himself. Georgiana must solve the murder without destroying the royal family's reputation or her own precarious position between noble birth and financial desperation.
Genres: historical-fiction, mystery, crime
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Kensington Palace, London
Period: 20th-century
304 pages · Kindle Edition · Berkley