India Black and the Widow of Windsor
by:
Carol K. Carr (author)
Black is back-Her Majesty's favorite spy is off to Scotland in this new adventure to ensure the Queen doesn't end up getting killed. When Queen Victoria attends a séance, the spirit of her departed husband, Prince Albert, insists she spend Christmas at their Scottish home in Balmoral. Prime...
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Black is back-Her Majesty's favorite spy is off to Scotland in this new adventure to ensure the Queen doesn't end up getting killed.
When Queen Victoria attends a séance, the spirit of her departed husband, Prince Albert, insists she spend Christmas at their Scottish home in Balmoral. Prime Minister Disraeli suspects the Scottish nationalists plan to assassinate the Queen-and sends the ever resourceful India and the handsome British spy, French, to the Scottish highlands.
French will take the high road, looking for a traitor among the guests-and India will take the low road, disguised as a servant in case an assassin is hiding among the household staff. India is certain that someone at Balmoral is determined to make this Her Majesty's last Christmas...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780425243190 (0425243192)
ASIN: 425243192
Publish date: 2011-10-04
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Series: Madam of Espionage Mysteries (#2)
When Queen Victoria suddenly decides to spend her Christmas in Scotland, the prime minister gets worried that nationalists try to assassinate the queen. He enlists the help of India and French to prevent that from happening. India will play the part of housemaid to an old marchioness who spends most...
Read This Review & More Like It On My Blog!4.25 out of 5India Black returns for a second outing - true to form, and full of the same humor and wit that made her so memorable and damned fun in the first novel. While I found this second in the series to be just slightly below the level of the first, I...
I really enjoy this series - what's not to like about a brothel madam that becomes a spy for her majesty? I love the repartee between her and French, her partner in spying. I love India's sass and wit and her pragmatic outlook to life. This book, the second one in the series, takes place in Scot...
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What I liked:The whole book was more a comedy than a sleuth or adventure novel. I loved the beginning but I regretted we didn’t see that false psychic (is there a true psychic out there?) and her daughter again. Like the first part of this series, reviewed by me not so long ago, the story is told on...
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