Her Royal Spyness is the first in a series by Rhys Bowen. The series is set in the 1930s. Lady Georgiana Rannoch (Georgie) is a minor royal; her grandmother was one of Queen Victoria's daughters. Her family home is in Scotland and is under the control of her brother Binky, the Third Duke of Rannoch. Georgie's allowance has been cut off so she leaves her family home and decides to find work in London. She decides to work as a maid cleaning wealthy people's homes, one drawback is that she has little experience with cleaning. She is also tasked, by the Queen no less, with spying on a certain Mrs. Simpson.
Georgie and Binky learn that the Duc de Mauxville has laid a claim to their family home, apparently he won it gambling. One day Georgie returns to her family's home in London and finds the Duc de Mauxville dead in the bathtub and her brother has suddenly returned to Scotland. The police believe Binky is the murderer and Georgie begins her own investigation to clear her brother's name. As she investigates, Georgie is the victim of a series of accidents: falling off a boat, being pushed in front of a tube train, falling down the stairs, and almost being crushed by a statue. It seems that someone wants both Binky and Georgie out of the way.
I liked this book, but it took a while for me to get into it.
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