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jacey
This is certainly not the type of book I would normally read, but it caught my attention on an Audible two for one sale and I have to say, I really enjoyed it. It's lightweight and cosy, a whodunit in which the investigator is Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 89, going on ninety. After a do at Windsor Castle a young Russian pianist is found dead in a cupboard in his bedroom, supposedly hanged. Is it suicide, or might it be murder? Desperately trying to keep the news out of the tabloids, MI5 and the Met leap to an incorrect conclusion, that there must be a Russian sleeper agent on the Queen's staff. Annoyed, the Queen begins to investigate the matter herself with the help of her Assistant Private Secretary, Rozie Oshodi, a British Nigerian, and recently an officer in the Royal Horse Artillery. She's a young lady with considerable talents, and the Queen makes good use of them. The reading, by Samantha Bond, is superb, she captures the Queen beautifully, as indeed does the author.
