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Book ID/图书代码： 06830009B32615

English Summary/英文概要： A Royal Spyness mystery starring Lady Georgiana, thirty-fourth in line for the throne—and the mystery world’s favorite penniless heiress. With its posh clientele in the country for the summer, Georgie’s housecleaning business has fizzled. So she tries hiring herself out as a dinnerand- theatre companion. But her first client has quite the wrong idea. To avoid further scandal, Georgie’s shipped home to Castle Rannoch, where her summer plans include honoring a promise to Her Majesty to keep Castle Rannoch’s divorcée houseguest from seducing the Prince of Wales. She’s also been coerced into helping Scotland Yard with a top-secret mission—namely keeping an eye on the shooting party at Balmoral and preventing someone from shooting the Prince. And Georgie must manage all this without strangling her odious sister-in-law Fig or spineless brother Binky.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 身無分文的女繼承人，喬治亞娜女士，回到了蘭諾克城堡蘭。在那裡她將會恪守對女皇陛下許下的諾言，阻止他們的美國客人夫人辛普森引誘的威爾士親王 — 並協助蘇格蘭場完成一項絕密任務。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：Set in 1932, Bowen’s winning third Royal Spyness whodunit to feature Lady Georgiana, a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and 34th in line to the English throne (after 2008’s A Royal Pain), will please fans of romantic, humorous historicals. Georgie makes an ill-advised attempt to start her own business, before discovering, to her embarrassment, that her definition of a female escort is not the same as that of her clientele. Fearing scandal, the authorities send her off to the family castle in Scotland, where a shooting party that includes the prince of Wales is in residence, with a brief from the Home Office to keep her eyes peeled for threats to the Crown. A series of serious accidents suggests that someone is targeting members of the royal family. The violence soon escalates to murder. The secret behind the attacks has been employed by such other mystery writers as David Dickinson and Robin Paige, but Bowen, who’s won both Agatha and Anthony awards, puts a fresh slant on it. (July) ---From Publishers Weekly

Even though Lady Georgiana is only thirty-second in line to the British throne, one would expect her to possess something other than her good name. Alas, this is not the case, and when a scheme to drum up money by being a suitable dinner companion for male travelers goes terribly wrong, she hightails it up to the family home in the Highlands. There, she finds the castle full of guests (including Wallis Simpson), who make up part of a shooting party at nearby Balmoral. But the grouse aren’t the only ones in danger as guests keep turning up injured (including one hapless woman who’s knocked about by the castle’s old plumbing while she is on the “throne”). Is there a plot afoot to do in members of the royal family? As in previous entries in the series, Georgiana makes a superb sleuth, but much of the fun comes in the contrast between impoverished Georgie and the royal life of which—financial circumstances notwithstanding—she is still a part. Also intriguing is the aptly named Darcy O’Mara, the lady’s love interest. Just what are his intentions? --Ilene Cooper, From Booklist

Rhys’ astronomical sales—6.4 million in print, ebook, and audio just in the US—combined with the fact that she has been nominated for and won every major US mystery award

About the Author/作者介绍： Rhys Bowen’s novels have garnered an impressive array of awards and nominations, including the Anthony Award for For the Love of Mike, and the Agatha Award for Murphy’s Law, the first Molly Murphy mystery. Her books have also won the Bruce Alexander Historical Award and the Herodotus Award, and have been shortlisted for the Agatha Award, the Macavity Award, and the Mary Higgins Clark Award.

Rhys Bowen is also the author of the acclaimed Evan Evans mystery series, which was a finalist for the Edgar Award, and several short stories, including the Anthony Award--winning “Doppelganger.” Rhys Bowen was born and raised in England and now lives in San Rafael, California. Visit her Web site at jqh.home.netcom.com.
作者理絲·鮑恩，出生於英國，曾在倫敦的BBC工作。榮獲許多重要推理小說獎項，如安東尼獎，阿嘉莎獎，亞歷山大歷史圖書獎，麥凱維迪小說獎等。筆下有兩個系列偵探，分別是住在北威爾斯山上的警察Evens與1901年移民到紐約的愛爾蘭人Molly Murphy，作品輕鬆幽默。《Evans系列》獲安東尼等多項最佳小說獎。詳情請見個人網站。http://www.rhysbowen.com/

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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Translation rights to the Royal Spyness Mystery Series have been licensed to: Portuguese (Brazil): Sextante Estonian: Tanapaev French: Laffont German: DP Hungarian: Lettero Italian: Mondadori Japanese: Hara Shobo Russian: Arkadia

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