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Industrious housemaid Jane Bee is at it again in this third novel in a series featuring Her Majesty the Queen as a very polite inquisitor in deaths that are not what they seem in the various royal houses. C.C. Benison has set up the novels so that Jane Bee, a Canadian college student working for the royal family as a lark, ostensibly serves as Watson to the Queen's Sherlock. However, Jane is much quicker off the mark than Watson ever was, and the Queen, old dear that she is, is not quite as prescient as Holmes; yet, the Font of All Justice is just as believably steely-eyed in the pursuit of truth.
In this instance, Ascot Week at Windsor provides the setting, and Jane sets out to find who was rude enough to slaughter royal curator Roger Pettibon in the Throne Room of Windsor Castle. Strawberries, glamorous hats, and Eton schoolboys all play a role in helping Jane solve the crime. Benison's strength is her ear for Britspeak and the occasional hilarious aside in how the English amuse themselves with the summer onslaught of foreign tourists. (The Queen's footman, whose primary responsibility is looking after the Corgis, admits to one heat-flushed Southerner that a footman, of course, takes care of the royal family's feet.) At times, though, Jane has the grace of a bull in a china shop, or, more accurately, a North American abroad. And, Benison could make better use of minor characters, such as the chip-slinging single mother whose daughter gives Jane the clue she needs to solve the crime. They are often whisked away before the reader can appreciate their subtleties or contradictions. Still, Benison's efforts are solid enough and Death at Windsor Palace makes a nice addition to her series. --K.A. Crouch
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Housemaid Jane Bee's summer duties run to dusting the props for a week of pageantry at Windsor Castle, the Queen's favorite haunt. But the Investiture of the new Knights of the Garter ends up combining pomp with a extremely unpleasant circumstance.... Mild-mannered art curator Roger Pettibon is found dead, a ceremonial sword in his back and a Royal Garter around his knee.
The police are quick to arrest moody Court painter Victor Fabiani, at work on a portrait of the regal face that launched a billion postage stamps. But Fabiani's confession--despite its story of art forgery and blackmail--doesn't ring true to Jane. Nor to Her Majesty, who dispatches her on a discreet inquiry among the cream of society gathered for the Ascot races. And, as Jane traces the twisty lineage of more than one family, Windsor's ancient battlements witness a second death--and their second ordeal in five years, by fire and water....
The police are quick to arrest moody Court painter Victor Fabiani, at work on a portrait of the regal face that launched a billion postage stamps. But Fabiani's confession--despite its story of art forgery and blackmail--doesn't ring true to Jane. Nor to Her Majesty, who dispatches her on a discreet inquiry among the cream of society gathered for the Ascot races. And, as Jane traces the twisty lineage of more than one family, Windsor's ancient battlements witness a second death--and their second ordeal in five years, by fire and water....
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Jane Bee, a Canadian serving as housemaid in the Royal Household, assists THE QUEEN in solving these terribly inconvenient murders. Jane's father is a cop, so she comes by her detective skills naturally. All three "Death at . . ." books are a hoot. I consider them comic cozies, my favorite mystery genre.
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This is my second favorite of Benison's series, with "Death at Buckingham Palace" being my first. This was also a "those dishes haven't been sitting there all that long!" can't-put-it-down type read for me! I'm afraid I horribly neglected many duties in order to read this in one fell swoop. I really enjoyed the characters in all of Benison's books, but especially in this one and "Death at Buckingham Palace". They're colorful and well-drawn. Once again, a complicated plot and lots of insight into life with "her Maj" and the household staff. I highly recommend this!
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wow! what fun. dont know why bought the book maby becouse of the cover (nice drawing)? who knows. the tech descriptions of the castle some time were a bit long (thought the auther was trying to prove how much he/she knew of the subject)other than that,again,fun. will read the rest
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death at windsor castle
wow! what fun. dont know why bought the book maby becouse of the cover (nice drawing)? who knows. the tech descriptions of the castle some time were a bit long (thought the auther... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 6. Januar 2000 von geri e schmalle
Jane's royal antics!
I read my first adventures of Bee when she was doing her thing at Sandringham and have enjoyed everyone of them. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. März 1999 von Rosalee (radams@teleport.com)
A hoot! Loved it!
I thought this books was great fun. I can't wait for the next in the series.
Am 3. März 1999 veröffentlicht
A series impossible not to love
Four years ago, Canadian Jane Bee was touring Europe when she ran out of cash. Instead of returning home, Jane responded to an ad for a maid. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 28. Juni 1998 veröffentlicht
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