Het paleis gonst van speculatie en geroddel terwijl de zaak wordt onderzocht en de Queen is gefrustreerd omdat niet alle informatie direct met haar wordt gedeeld. She was certainly ahead of her time in what women were allowed to accomplish, and her story is as exceptional as her paintings. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps.

I highly recommend it to all mystery/crime readers, with a special encouragement to those who are enjoying the Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osmand. The mission that Niema and her husband are on is dangerous and they know they may not make it out alive.Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. Queen Elizabeth once again expertly guides her APS Rozie to investigate with the skills of a lifelong diplomat.

The last thing the Queen needs is any more problems to worry about, but when an oil painting gifted by an Aussie artist of the Royal Yacht Britannia, given to the Queen in the 1960s and hung outside her bedroom, shows up unexpectedly in a Royal Navy exhibition in Portsmouth, she tasks her able and discreet assistant private secretary, Rozie Oshodi, to investigate.Rozie starts receiving the letters, too, ones that are racist and sexist, trying to get her to leave her job. Amateur detective Queen Elizabeth II is back in this hugely entertaining follow-up to the bestseller The Windsor Knot , in which Her Majesty must determine how a missing painting is connected to the shocking death of a staff member inside Buckingham Palace. The romance element is pretty cool but I love the "spy games" and the two leads had so much chemistry.

In this story, we encounter several interesting players from the Royal Collection department, past and present.

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.

It appeared as though Mrs Harris slipped and fell; and during the fall punctured an artery near her ankle. It has been 5 years since Niema Burdock lost her husband on a mission and she hasn’t seen anyone else form the mission since. And although this isn’t a light-hearted book, Gallagher easily conveys Medina’s impish sense of fun when he isn’t being a total badass.I've had my complaints about other Howard books I've read, but I always finished them without having to skim.