We Three Queens

A Royal Spyness Mystery, Book 18

De: Rhys Bowen

Narrado por: Jasmine Blackborow

New mother Lady Georgiana "Georgie" Rannoch finds herself trying to separate fact from fiction when a murder occurs while a film is being made on the grounds of her estate in a new Royal Spyness Mystery from beloved best-selling author Rhys Bowen.

It's late 1936, and King Edward is in turmoil, having fallen in love with the scandalously divorced and even more scandalously American Wallis Simpson. He wants to marry her but knows that doing so will jeopardize his crown. Edward confides in his dear friend Darcy, Georgie's husband, and the couple agree to hide Wallis in their home while Edward figures out what to do.

But unbeknownst to Georgie and Darcy, Sir Hubert, the owner of the estate, has given a film crew permission to shoot a motion picture about Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn on the grounds. Trying to keep Mrs. Simpson hidden while raising a newborn baby seems like it couldn't be any more stressful for the Rannochs, until one of the stars of the film is found murdered on set. Georgie must solve the murder for king and country before scandal threatens to envelop them all.

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An entire Royal Spyness book without Belinda?

Another great book from Rys Bowen! I have read or listened to every single one at least once. But Belinda is one of my most favorite characters. In fact, I think a spin-off series of books focusing on Belinda as the main character would be fantastic. I find her intriguing and fun and she always brings the right amount of high class irreverence and levity. She was missed in this book. It was kind of surprising that Georgie didn't even mention her. Anyway, excellent story and Jasmine Blackborow is superb. I anticipate the next book will be during WW2. Can't wait!

don't keep us waiting!

I love cozy mysteries and Royal Spyness is as good as they come! This latest offering was no disappointment - and by the way, Ms Blackborow is a truly worthy successor to the late lamented Ms Kellgren. I hope we may look forward to more of Georgie's and Darcy's adventures.

The story was fun and more mature

I really like this book more than any of the other ones. I’ve listened to so I wasn’t anything I didn’t like.

Working history into the plot cleverly and seamlessly.

I want to see how Georgie reacts to the new King and his family whom she respected . It is vital to watch Darcy being involved on the world stage at the approach of WWII.

Georgie is back.

Enjoyed the story overall. Nice mix of fact and fiction. Unfortunately, Most references to Americans have negative connotations.

Fun

“Golly”, it’s going to be a long year waiting for book 19! I started this series in paperback years ago and love the audiobook option!

Always a great story

I love the development of the characters from all of the books! The narration as always top notch!!

Another fine outing with Georgie, Darcy and Queenie!

Great mystery, love all the details of their lives continuing with the new baby and home farm.

I'm going to miss them . . .

This series was wonderful! I loved that the plot development was slow and thorough, getting to know each new character and allowing the reader to build an image of which one was going to be the most likely victim or culprit. I read all the books in the series in a row, and I have to say, I miss the characters :-( They had become part of my daily life while doing chores, driving, etc. I highly recommend the series!

What a waste of an opportunity *sigh*

For series stalwarts even a lousy book is a 5 star. To be surrounded by these characters even with a boring story is still more entertaining than all cozy mysteries. I’m sure I’ll start to like after a few more listens.



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What a waste of Mrs. Simpsons, Fig, Queenie, Claire even Binky. This had so much opportunity. At least fold in the story from Hollywood from a few books back. Georgie is still solid but all the characters are missing something. Maybe it’s Ainsley? Ainsley is horribly dull. All the books spent there suffer. They need a new location for book 19. A trip, a party with Belinda, ZsuZsu, the Kent’s, the new Royals. I liked the intro to Agatha Christie in book 17. Travel with her.

I liked the concern for Claire being in Germany, the meeting with Queen Mary and baby James. Not much else. At least they tried to jam in so many characters.

I see how this book was necessary for the chronology and abdication. I just expected so much more given the great setup. The Hollywood story might as well never happened. Also, why not just save Claire for 19. A few pages of Claire and Sir Hubert do not make enough fun.

I’d still listen and rate any of this series a 5 star.