All the Queen's Men

When I think of mystery, I think of England. Maybe a stereotype, but hey, it made this book a fun read. Its like a crime book that you can curl up with in the winter and fall, and while its a fun story, it also makes little jokes about the actual Queen of England, Philip, etc. Overall a cute read, nothing that'll stick with me, but fun anyway.

I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as the first, but still an excellent cozy-mystery-with-royals.

As an aside: does it say something about the type of mysteries I read and watch that I keep expecting the DCI to be a love interest for Rosie? Yes, yes it does. And I'm so glad he's not!

I really enjoyed this detective story, where Elizabeth II is the detective behind the scenes. The main characters are well fleshed out, so I felt I got to know them as I read the book. One of the characters who was almost universally disliked was humanized by the Queen (for the reader, not for the characters in the book). Each time I thought I knew where the story was going, it went somewhere else instead. As far as mysteries go, it was not formulaic, nor was it too cozy. Apparently this is book #2 in a series, and I am thinking about looking around my library system to see if the first book is available. I would definitely read another book by this author.

I've been keeping my reading light this summer because I have a lot of stressful stuff on my plate. I read this in my back yard over 3 days.

Contemporary with the charm of a golden age mystery. Bennett does a wonderful job portraying the Queen while not shying away from racism, sexism, and colonialism. There are a lot of characters to keep track of in the audio - I might have fared better with the book version.