Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
THE FIRST ROYAL SPYNES MYSTERY The New York Times bestselling author of the Molly Murphy and Constable Evan Evans mysteries turns her attentions to a feisty new heroine to delight a legion of Anglophile readers.* London, 1932. Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, 34th in line for the English throne, is flat broke. She's bolted Scotland, her greedy brother, and her fish-faced betrothed. London is a place where she'll experience freedom, learn life lessons aplenty, do a bit of spying for HRH--oh, and find a dead Frenchman in her tub. Now her new job is to clear her long family name.
Bowen, Rhys: - Rhys Bowen is the author of the award-winning Molly Murphy and Constable Evans mysteries. Her novels have garnered an impressive array of awards and nominations, including the Anthony Award for her novel For the Love of Mike and the Agatha Award for Murphy's Law. Her books have also won the Bruce Alexander Historical Award and the Herodotus Award, and have been shortlisted for the Edgar, the Agatha, the Macavity, the Barry, and the Mary Higgins Clark Award. She has also written Her Royal Spyness, a series about a minor royal in 1930s England, and she is the author of several short stories, including the Anthony Award-winning Doppelganger. Her story Voodoo was chosen to be part of the anthology of the best of 50 years of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Ms. Bowen was born in Bath, England, and worked as an announcer and studio manager for the BBC in London, before moving to Australia and then California. It was here she started writing children's and young adult novels, and then moved on to mysteries with the Constable Evans novels. When not writing she loves to travel, sing, hike, play her Celtic harp, and entertain her grandchildren. She lives in San Rafael, California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780425215678 |
| ISBN 10 | 0425215679 |
| Title | Her Royal Spyness |
| Author | Rhys Bowen |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Berkley Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2007-07-03 |
| Number of pages | 324 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Agatha Awards (Novel) 2007, Short-listed for Macavity Award (Historical) 2008, Short-listed for Dilys Award 2008 |
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