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Not only does the Queen have to deal with the unrest in her country due to Brexit, but the reservicing plan for Buckingham Palace, a major undertaking to fix the aging infrastructure, is about to be presented with its final budget estimate, and that has discrepancies, too. I'm rereading and (finally) reviewing a lot of my old favorites, and this book is absolutely a most memorable and favorite Linda Howard book. The Queen tasks her Assistant Private Secretary, Rozie Oshodi, with finding out how the painting made its way out of the royal collection and into the hands of the Admiralty, where it now hangs on display in a Royal Navy exhibition in Portsmouth.
With her reliable secretary Rozie by her side, the Queen is confronted by more murder, the existence of a criminal breakages system that continues to operate in the present right under her nose, art fraud, and vicious poison pen letters. In the wake of a referendum which has divided the nation, the last thing the Queen needs is any more problems to worry about. Me gustó mucho el primer libro de esta serie, bien escrita y con el punto original de poner a la reina Isabel II como investigadora en una trama policial. Thank you to Scene of the Crime/William Morrow for the copy of this one to read and honestly review.
There was a scene that I don’t think needed to be there or at least I don’t feel like it needed to go as far as it did, but it ends up working by making Niema and John finally tell each other how they feel. From the Royal operations and Royal offices of the Palace to the Queen’s daily schedules to the Baroque art of Artemisia Geniteschi, an Italian 17th century painter. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Because Her Majesty is unable to run around looking for evidence, she makes Rozie Oshodi her deputy detective, and the duo investigate both Cynthia's death and the source of the poison pen letters.
But i'm a bit torn on the mmc I'm not sure if i liked the him or not😭 some of the things he said and did, to put it lightly, were questionable. This is a fun and engaging listen, I really appreciated how the Queen's character continues to be fleshed out, although there were occasions when I felt that perhaps the narrative was at times more complicated than it needed to be. It was fascinating reading since the main characters are very interesting and the pace keeps you reading. But, unknown to her is that Tucker (who is really CIA field operative John Medina) has kept his eye on her from a distance, making sure she's okay because he wants her for himself. Holmes had his three pipe problems and the Queen has her three dog problems, wherein she walks the grounds of the Palace with three of her dogs to think about what’s bothering her, and in A Three Dog Problem, there is quite a bit that is troubling her.And, of course, at the heart of the book is an ingenious mystery involving amongst other things an unexplained death, poison pen letters, Renaissance art, and some murky goings-on in the bowels of Buckingham Palace. Moreover the Queen wears the Victorian Suite diamonds and sapphires with matching tiara, to spread a little extra dazzle.
And yet, all of these things prove to be the least of her worries when, a staff member is found dead beside the palace swimming pool.
John Medina, the CIA's Black Ops specialist, works in the shadows of the government's deadliest missions.
But when the plan goes awry, Niema and Medina must take flight in a strange land--and soon find their partnership sparked by an erotic charge. My favorite part of the book however, is when Niema and John are in Ronsard's office completing their mission, and they see Ronsard heading towards the office on the security monitor, and they have to act fast. Naast haar ligt een gebroken whiskyglas in een zee van bloed en al snel wordt de vraag gesteld of het om een noodlottig ongeval gaat, of dat deze vrouw koelbloedig is vermoord.The problems besetting the Palace, both architecturally and on the personal level appear steeped in believability. I quite enjoyed the second book in this series and learning a bit more about Rozie, Assistant Private Secretary. The evolution of their partnership—while combatting life-shattering challenges like gender discrimination, racism, and the spectre of mortality—was so cleverly, perfectly paced, that I can’t wait to see where a third book in the series might take them. Kol Elžbietos II patikėtinė Rozie aiškinasi, kaip tai galėjo nutikti, Buckinghamo rūmuose aptinkamas vienos iš kambarinių lavonas.
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