This week I’m reviewing Rhys Bowen’s latest installment in the Royal Spyness series. If you enjoyed Georgina and Darcy’s love story and wedding, now we get to go on the honeymoon. Not just any honeymoon, mind you, but the Happy Valley of Kenya. This cozy mystery just came out!

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About the Book

Book Description:

Georgie and Darcy are finally on their honeymoon in Kenya’s Happy Valley, but murder crashes the party in this all-new installment in the New York Times bestselling series.

I was so excited when Darcy announced out of the blue that we were flying to Kenya for our extended honeymoon. Now that we are here, I suspect he has actually been sent to fulfill another secret mission. I am trying very hard not to pick a fight about it, because after all, we are in paradise! Darcy finally confides that there have been robberies in London and Paris. It seems the thief was a member of the aristocracy and may have fled to Kenya. Since we are staying in the Happy Valley—the center of upper-class English life—we are well positioned to hunt for clues and ferret out possible suspects.

Now that I am a sophisticated married woman, I am doing my best to sound like one. But crikey! These aristocrats are a thoroughly loathsome sort enjoying a completely decadent lifestyle filled with wild parties and rampant infidelity. And one of the leading lights in the community, Lord Cheriton, has the nerve to make a play for me. While I am on my honeymoon! Of course, I put an end to that right off. 

When he is found bloodied and lifeless along a lonely stretch of road, it appears he fell victim to a lion. But it seems that the Happy Valley community wants to close the case a bit too quickly. Darcy and I soon discover that there is much more than a simple robbery and an animal attack to contend with here in Kenya. Nearly everyone has a motive to want Lord Cheriton dead and some will go to great lengths to silence anyone who asks too many questions. The hunt is on! I just hope I can survive my honeymoon long enough to catch a killer. . . .

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My Review

 Georgina and Darcy are back and are on their honeymoon moon to of all places Kenya. This historical mystery showcases life in the Happy Valley of Kenya during the twenties and thirties. Georgina and her husband handsome British spy are off on a trip where they will encounter elephants Tigers lions and murderers. It was a pleasure to reacquaint myself with this couple now married and Bowen did not disappoint with this British mystery. Not only were they solving a murder but she was also rubbing elbows with Prince David and mrs Simpson which gave it that historical excitement. I do wish the murder would have occurred earlier in the book but very enjoyable.