Narrated by Samantha Bond
This book is the second of the series I’ve read . I liked the previous enough to give this a shot when I saw the format in which it was available.
In this story, the King is ill more often than not but the Queen is still her regular self. They are to go to Scotland for the season and just before their arrival, a hand is found. The Queen is the first to identify who the hand might belong to, and with that information comes a vested interest in trying to figure out how the crime was committed and even what the crime was in the first place.
There are a few repeating characters from the previous book. As a citizen of a former colony, I obviously approached this book with some caution, but for the most part the viewpoint of the Queen is done in an entertaining and believable fashion, skirting around any too controversial topics. Given the genre, that makes sense.
The mystery itself was a study in parts. We begin with some form of understanding of what the issues might be but are later led down explanations that we couldn’t have fathomed before. Rozie spends some time trying to figure her life out and watching the Queen work things out helps her along.
I found the mystery itself to be the highlight of this book. The smaller pieces are all separate and distinct but once the sequence of events start to fall together it makes good sense.
It was satisfying to listen to the conclusions as they came around. I would recommend this series to fans of the genre and even more to people fond of the British royalty.
I received an ARC thanks to Netgalley and the publishers but the review is entirely based on my own listening experience.
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