All the Queen's Men: A Novel

By S.J. Bennett and S.J. Bennett

Book Overview

"Sheer entertainment... Bennett infuses wit and an arch sensibility into her prose... This is not mere froth, it is pure confection." -- New York Times Book Review on The Windsor Knot

Amateur detective Queen Elizabeth II is back in this hugely entertaining follow-up to the bestseller The Windsor Knot, in which Her Majesty must determine how a missing painting is connected to the shocking death of a staff member inside Buckingham Palace.

At Buckingham Palace, the autumn of 2016 presages uncertain times. The Queen must deal with the fallout from the Brexit referendum, a new female prime minister, and a tumultuous election in the United States--yet these prove to be the least of her worries when a staff member is found dead beside the palace swimming pool. Is it truly the result of a tragic accident, as the police think, or is something more sinister going on?

Meanwhile, her assistant private secretary, Rozie Oshodi, is on the trail of a favorite painting that once hung outside the Queen's bedroom and appears to have been misappropriated by the Royal Navy. And a series of disturbing anonymous letters have begun circulating in the palace. The Queen's courtiers think they have it all 'under control', but Her Majesty is not so sure. After all, though the staff and public may not be aware, she is the keenest sleuth among them. Sometimes, it takes a Queen's eye to see connections where no one else can.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063051141
• ISBN13: 9780063051140
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Better that the first in the series

I wasn't happy with the first book in this series, though I liked having the queen investigate, but I did enjoy this one. It flowed quite well, the characters seemed to behave appropriately to their positions, and the reader was given enough information to form opinions about the identity of the criminals as the story progressed rather than being told surprise information toward the conclusion.