All the Queen's Men (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, 3)

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The recurring characters are gradually being fleshed out, especially Rozie who was a great help in the first one. Since the 1980s, the royal accounting system has been tightened up, but Rozie and the Queen still fear theft may be connected with current crimes in Buckingham Palace. At the same time, Rozie learns that her friend Mary van Renen, secretary to one of the Queen's advisors, is quitting her job because of nasty poison pen letters. Me gustó mucho el primer libro de esta serie, bien escrita y con el punto original de poner a la reina Isabel II como investigadora en una trama policial. The Queen wants her painting back, and she asks her Assistant Private Secretary Rozie Oshodi - an attractive, ex-army, Anglo-Nigerian woman who's clever and discreet - to find out how the artwork came to be in the hands of the Royal Navy.

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This little painting has significant personal meaning to the Queen, and tracing its path to the Royal Navy exhibition turns into a major investigation for the Queen and her sleuthing confidante, her assistant private secretary Rozie Oshodi. After an auspicious beginning to a series, the fate of that series is in a precarious position with the publication of book two. But when Rozie receives a threatening anonymous letter, Elizabeth knows dark forces are at work - and far too close to home. In common with the first book it is the Queen’s Assistant Private Secretary, Rozie Oshodi, who goes out and asks questions and discreetly reports back.After the Queen gets some clues about the murder, she delicately conveys them to Gavin Humphreys, Director General of MI5 and Ravi Singh, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, relaxed, thinking they meant all the discoveries. However, when Rozie struggles to get anywhere, the Queen, 'the Boss', knows something is terribly wrong. But the Queen's woes don't end there, as she has just noticed that a painting that once hung outside her bedroom is now no longer there. En esta segunda aventura de su majestad como detective y con su ayudante Rozie siempre dispuesta a llevar a cabo las pesquisas que llamarían demasiado la atención de hacerlas una reina, nos encontramos una trama más compleja que la anterior, con hilos que tiran en muchas direcciones pero que parecen converger en un mismo lugar.

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Bennett has created a Queen character who while duty bound, is as indefatigable in her pursuit of justice as she is in her dedication to the throne. During the undercover investigations, the Queen still carries out her public duties while interacting with her family and controlling the palace’s activities. Whilst I enjoyed meeting Rozie Oshodi again and this second book is well-paced and easily readable, I found it all a bit mundane from start to finish. Ultimately though, the Queen's men "solve" the case and proudly present Her Majesty with a report while the Queen and Rozie keep their secrets. She is expecting Rozie Oshodi, her assistant Private Secretary to keep an eye on the activities in the palace and help solve any issue that may come up.

The buildings stopped trying to impress and their occupants got on with the task of working as efficiently as they could in a rabbit warren of corridors that ceased to make sense two hundred years ago. The painting, which Phillip describes as “ghastly”, is of the retired Britannia yacht and once hung outside her bedroom.

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Wrapped up in the mystery is a missing painting of the beloved Britannia and a rash of poison pen letters. When the police investigations start taking an unexpected turn, Elizabeth has to take things into her hands. Prince Phillip mentions in the book that there are over 7,000 paintings in the royal collection, and as you explore this link, you can see how much more there is besides that. S.J Bennett has plotted the story in real-time and wonderfully revealed a cast of characters highlighted in discreet interviews and a series of English settings. She also gets help from an Anglo-Nigerian woman known to be intelligent, discreet and the best at data collection on social media.She guides Rozie using her skills to investigate the case as she is now in the middle of a missing painting of Britannia and a rash of poison-pen letters. She was certainly ahead of her time in what women were allowed to accomplish, and her story is as exceptional as her paintings.