A Royal Pain
The second in the Royal Spyness series by award winning author, Rhys Bowen

Rhys Bowen is the award winning author of the Constable Evans and Molly Murphy mysteries, and now the best selling Her Royal Spyness and A Royal Pain. Her mysteries have been nominated for every major mystery award, including the Edgar for best novel, and she has won several including the Agatha and Anthony Award. She has written three series, including the Constable Evans mysteries, set in the mountains of Wales, and the Molly Murphy Mysteries, set in turn-of-the-century New York City and featuring a feisty Irish immigrant woman. She recently launched the Royal Spyness series, about a minor royal in 1930s England. A ROYAL PAIN is the second in the Royal Spyness series.

The Queen of England has concocted a plan in which Georgie is to entertain a Bavarian princess – and conveniently place her in the playboy Prince’s path, in the hopes that he might finally lose interest in the dreaded Mrs. Simpson. But queens never take money into account. Georgie has very little, which is why she moonlights as a maid-in-disguise. She must clean house to make it look like a palace; have Grandad and her neighbor pretend to be the domestic staff; un-teach Princess Hanni the English she’s culled from American gangster movies; cure said Princess of her embarrassing shoplifting habit; and keep an eye on her at parties. The there’s the worrying matter of the body in the bookshop and Hanni’s unwitting involvement with the Communist Party. It’s enough to drive a girl crazy! Part zany comedy, part social commentary on the British class system and part bloody good mystery, the Royal Spyness Mystery series has been described as Bridget Jones meets Maisie Dobbs with a touch of royal flair!

Rhys Bowen was a featured guest on Champagne Sundays Radio show with Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, editors of BigBlendMagazine.com. The show aired live on Oct. 5, 2008. Listen to her interview - Double Click on the Play Button.