Royal Flush (Her Royal Spyness, Book 3) by Rhys Bowen

By Rhys Bowen

Booklet three in Her Royal Spyness series.

Set in 1932, Bowen's successful 3rd Royal Spyness whodunit to add girl Georgiana, a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and thirty fourth in line to the English throne (after 2008's A Royal Pain), will please fanatics of romantic, funny historicals.

Georgie makes an ill-advised try and commence her personal company, sooner than studying, to her embarrassment, that her definition of a feminine escort isn't the related as that of her consumers. Fearing scandal, the gurus ship her off to the relations citadel in Scotland, the place a capturing occasion that comes with the prince of Wales is in place of dwelling, with a quick from the house place of work to maintain her eyes peeled for threats to the Crown. a sequence of significant injuries means that an individual is focusing on contributors of the royal kin. The violence quickly escalates to homicide. the key in the back of the assaults has been hired through such different secret writers as David Dickinson and Robin Paige, yet Bowen, who's gained either Agatha and Anthony awards, places a clean slant on it.

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By Rhys Bowen

Booklet three in Her Royal Spyness series.

Set in 1932, Bowen's successful 3rd Royal Spyness whodunit to add girl Georgiana, a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and thirty fourth in line to the English throne (after 2008's A Royal Pain), will please fanatics of romantic, funny historicals.

Georgie makes an ill-advised try and commence her personal company, sooner than studying, to her embarrassment, that her definition of a feminine escort isn't the related as that of her consumers. Fearing scandal, the gurus ship her off to the relations citadel in Scotland, the place a capturing occasion that comes with the prince of Wales is in place of dwelling, with a quick from the house place of work to maintain her eyes peeled for threats to the Crown. a sequence of significant injuries means that an individual is focusing on contributors of the royal kin. The violence quickly escalates to homicide. the key in the back of the assaults has been hired through such different secret writers as David Dickinson and Robin Paige, yet Bowen, who's gained either Agatha and Anthony awards, places a clean slant on it.

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PLACE ON WOULD TOURS. ON NATURALLY BE YOUR" A" SHOWN OFF" CONGRATULATIONS" RUN Congratulations! You have found the Historical Society workers. You walk over to the big hole in the sand they have been digging and ask lots of questions. Suddenly, you notice a bony hand sticking out of the sand. No one seems to understand why you are jumping up and down and yelling. Then they see the hand too. You grab a shovel and help the workers. You have discovered an ancient burial ground! 42 • MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE The report you write on your experiences gets an A and you get a membership from the Historical Society for helping it to discover the burial ground The "S-Thief" Stories about the "S-Thief have been in all the newspapers.

All three pass by his farm regularly and know his habits. Type in the program to find out their location. " "GO BACK TO THE BOOK" RUN Before you set off to question the suspects, Frank Bridges gives you a description of his missing horse. Jim Fowler is a garden and pet supply salesman. A neatly trimmed lawn surrounds Jim's house. The only horse you see here is a ceramic statue of a jockey on a white horse. It rests beside the front door. At the rear of the house you can see a large garage that has three locks.

The newspaper article said that the Society has found an old map in its library. The map is of a beach in your town that used to be an Indian reservation. M~ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /WWW" /WWWW" 0 0/WWWWWW" X /WWW" o 0 t| 0 /WWWWWWW" 0 /W" 90 PRINT "0 - TEEPEE" 100 PRINT "X = HISTORICAL SPOT' A DAY AT THE BEACH 110 120 PRINT PRINT • 39 ll IN QUESTION11 "W = WATER11 RUN There are lots of reservations in your town. Many roads, beaches and parks there have Indian names. The Historical Society is especially concerned that some of the beaches where the Indians once lived are being ruined by companies who dump their garbage there.

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