book is really good!!!
i really enjoyed being in the adventure with the narrator Jane Bee because she added every detail that was needed.
i loved how the author kept the readers interested by giving them a lot of suspects with perfectly good motives to kill the young Robin Tukes.
for these reasons, the book became awesome, Excellent read which I thoroughly enjoyed and will read more books by this author, Almost everyone has something to gain by Robins death, and the whodunnit is intriguing and thoughtprovoking, Excellent character development and plot, Hurray! I won't be reading more of this series, It didn't resonate with me, I think I didn't read the synopsis before starting the book, so I was expecting something historical, not set in, A solid cozy set in London, at Buckingham Palace and whose main character is a young woman from Charlottetown PEI Canada who becomes a maid there.
There is intrigue, there is humour, and of course, there are corgis Not exactly a classic, but a perfectly agreeable, tongueincheek mystery, I loved this book when I bought it and read it back in the day, In fact, I loved all, . . three of them
And wish there had been more,
I always wondered how he got so much detail about the inner workings of the royal homes, or whether he just winged it a lot.
Either way it was great fun, A delightful cozy mystery with "Bridget Jones's Diary" vibes, The mystery takes a back seat to the personalities but still manages to be interesting and build tension, I have just discovered this excellent humorous murder mystery series, The Queen Mother is dismayed to find herself falling over the dead body of her footman, The first on the scene is housemaid, Jane Bee, The two quickly realize that it isn't suicide, as the Palace is rumoring, but murder,
Working together, Jane and the Queen, find secrets of high order, This book was an updated look at the Queen and life within Buckingham Palace,
I loved the humor and behind the scenes glimpses of daily life, The mystery was a good one also, I'm looking forward to reading the next one in the series, A humorous murder mystery book taking place within the Buckingham Palace, The story is told by the character of
Jane Bee who is a young housemaid working in the Palace, It gave a glimpses of the daily life inside the Palace plus descriptions of the various rooms, It is a quick, fast paced, murder mystery puzzle, A fun read for a long winter day, Liked the heroine who is smart and likable, I guess it is believable that the Queen would enlist her help, The Queen was made to seem really smart which she probably is, Although I know it is a made up character based on you know who, There were a few too many characters to keep track of but I managed, I especially liked the map of Buck House so I could keep track of where everyone was in the story, Now I know what Mother keeps in her purse, haha Amusing read about an unlikely detective duo: a Housemaid and the Queen, Fun and quick read about a housemaid solving a murder at Buckingham Palace with help from the Queen, Canadians are elated when novels are by us, or feature us, I am not a fan of “cozy mysteries”, because adult literature shouldn't be watered down like it's for children, nor lack complexity, I was surprised I liked “Death At Buckingham Palace” as much as I did, Doug Whiteway / C, C. Benison is a Winnipegger! My sole disappointment is ugly religious swearing among his Goodreads folder titles, That's no “cozy” image.
If I give points for hometown material and I have been outside Buckingham Palace my next points keenly appreciate originality, It's too bad he stopped at a trio of novels but I can surmise why that was, He presumably researched the real place, like authors did with Jane Austen and Beatrix Potter, and explored what it might be like to approach Elizabeth II in private life and collaborate with her, as sleuths! Alas, the royals changed with the death of Princess Diana on.
wow, she died today: Augustst, in! What a crazy coincidence to write this review, now! Doug's novel came out in, The second may have been written before this tragic day, too,
If we picture the queen as a strong woman we admire, whom we are sure is a dear in person you can imagine Jane Bee's experience working with her: awestricken! Jane is a Canadian working in London, who visits an Aunt on weekends.
Her perspective on the intelligent, personable monarch she acquaints, as well as how hard it is to have an audience even if you live at the palace are all facets that raise this novel to greater interest than we expect.
It is “cozy” in humour, because there is no danger or fear, Doug's approach is comedy, However, this insight into a world we largely know only visually, is fascinating, It was a good story, although I thought the conclusion went on a bit long, It did tie everything up, so no complaints there,
I was amused by how the English apparently look down on the Canadians as "Americans" and the Canadians dislike it,
Learned some bits of history while reading it, too, When I chose this title, I was hoping for a mystery with some of Downton Abby's regency, I was disappointed in this, The mystery is set in a modern frame and, though we hear tidbits about the palace and whatnot, it is decidedly more, . . familiar. The opulence that sets something like Downton apart is absent, However, by the time the story was wrapped up I found myself eagerly anticipating the next installment, Filled with wit and dry humour, Canadian author, CC Benison, offers a colourfulst in his series, Her Majesty Investigates,
Canadian house maid at Buckingham Palace as protagonist, Jane Bee, performs double duty as she privately investigates the loss of a fellow Canadian footman along with collecting her missing dustcloth from various rooms, running errands for HM, and scraping bubblegum from Axminsters in state and banquet rooms.
Private discussions with Her Majesty imaginatively picture the two intent upon conspiring to uncover meaning behind discovery of the footman on the hall floor outside HM's private apartments.
Palace and local settings are descriptively portrayed British colloquialisms add authenticity,
All is revealed, Poirot style, at a roundup of suspects with HM presiding,
Great fun, well executed read,
Definitely a series recommendation for fans of cozy mysteries and Canadian Book Challenge choice, I cant say this book was good, but it was definitely fun, Mindless fluffery. Would be a great beach/ plane/ cabin read, idee ist mal was anderes, aber manchmal kam es mir so kindisch geschrieben vor, . trotzdem habe ich bis knapp vor dem ende nicht gewusst bzw den konkreten verdacht gehabt, wer es war! Cozy mystery featuring housemaid Jane Bee and QEII.
Next is Murder at Sandringham House, Light reading the setting was certainly unusual and amusing, Not sure it was enough for me to continue with the series, I read this out of order, started with the second book, Death at Sandringham Palace first, These are cool little mysteries, with the Queen helping to solve the murders, When a young footman dies in unusual circumstances, Jane Bee is skeptical of rumors the death was a suicide, She probes the darkest corners of the royal mansion for clues that will reveal the surprising identity of a murderer stalking the halls of the world's most famous palace.
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editing: Wegen der Sache mit dem Straßenmusiker bleibe ich unversöhnlich, Das geht nicht und das Ende hat es auch nicht besser gemacht,
Es war etwas seltsam, das Buch kurz nach dem Tod der Queen zu lesen, die hier fiktiv auftaucht, Aber ich hatte es vorgemerkt und war jetzt an der Reihe, Wahrscheinlich ist die Zielgruppe mehr jene, die sich für die Monarchie zu begeistern wissen, Ich kann damit nichts anfangen, Unsympathische Figuren, uninteressante und vorhersehbarer Kriminalfall, Der Schreibstil hat mich auch nicht umgehauen, Für mich nichts. a good mystery. I'm looking forward to the next instalment,
Passed the time, but I wouldn't rush out to buy another, Jane Bee, a Canadian maid at Buck House, helps the Queen solve the murder of a slain footman, C. C. Benison is the pen name of Douglas Whiteway, a journalist and author who lives in Winnipeg, Canada, He has a degree in journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa and has worked for the Winnipeg Tribune and the Winnipeg Free Press, He is most recently the author of The Unpleasantness at the Battle of Thornford, a Father Christmas novella, published in November, This follows his last work of fiction, Paul is Dead: A Novel, published in, which is a literary thriller set in an isolated lakeside cottage.
He is also the author of a series of murder mysteries set on the estates of Queen Elizabeth II where the crimes are solved by housemaid Jane Bee, with the Queens help.
Titles include Death at Buckingham Palace, Death at Sandring C, C. Benison is the pen name of Douglas Whiteway, a journalist and author who lives in Winnipeg, Canada, He has a degree in journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa and has worked for the Winnipeg Tribune and the Winnipeg Free Press, He is most recently the author of The Unpleasantness at the Battle of Thornford, a Father Christmas novella, published in November, This follows his last work of fiction, Paul is Dead: A Novel, published in, which is a literary thriller set in an isolated lakeside cottage.
He is also the author of a series of murder mysteries set on the estates of Queen Elizabeth II where the crimes are solved by housemaid Jane Bee, with the Queen's help.
Titles include Death at Buckingham Palace, Death at Sandringham House, and Death at Windsor Castle, He is, as well, the author of Death in Cold Type, a murder mystery set in Winnipeg, In, the first of the Father Christmas mysteries, Twelve Drummers Drumming, was published, The novels feature Tom Christmas, Anglican priest, widower and single father, solving crimes in and around the village of Thornford Regis in Devon, England, Eleven Pipers Piping followed in, Ten Drummers Drumming was published in autumn, Awards: sitelink Arthur Ellis Award Best First Novel: Death at Buckingham Palace sitelink,