If you look beyond the implausibility of Queen Elizabeth II as a sleuth (and the fact that the idea has been used before), you will find here a decent, attention-holding whodunnit, with satisfactory red herrings and plot twists.
The main actors are the Queen and her Assistant Private Secretary Rozie; Rozie does the legwork (and occasionally gets herself into trouble) while the Queen stays resolutely in the background, dropping a pointer here and there, and actually providing the solution to the mystery without seeming to be involved at all.
Those who are interested in the minutiae of life in the Royal household will be entertained by the references scattered throughout the book; those of us who are not will find them not so intrusive as to take from the enjoyment of the story.
The book is presented as the first of a series. Would I read the next one? Yes – definitely.
The main actors are the Queen and her Assistant Private Secretary Rozie; Rozie does the legwork (and occasionally gets herself into trouble) while the Queen stays resolutely in the background, dropping a pointer here and there, and actually providing the solution to the mystery without seeming to be involved at all.
Those who are interested in the minutiae of life in the Royal household will be entertained by the references scattered throughout the book; those of us who are not will find them not so intrusive as to take from the enjoyment of the story.
The book is presented as the first of a series. Would I read the next one? Yes – definitely.