Ordinary People, an anti-MAGA cabal of lefties, has already pulled off a string of small-scale disruptions, and the word from the CIA is that they plan to take down the power in the Twin Cities, where Letty grew up. Letty Davenport seeks to infiltrate a group of freelance hackers in order to thwart their next project-or maybe to help it along. Are these all accidents or cleverly concealed murder attempts? Queen Mary asks Georgie, who has a track record of successful sleuthing, to discover the truth.īritain teeters on the brink of scandal and war in this charming combination of history and mystery. Simpson is knocked out and Georgie’s ride with the prince’s friend results in his death. Simpson, who’s about to divorce her husband, a secret from the public, but the scandal she’s caused is well known among the aristocracy. The biggest surprise is the arrival of Wallis Simpson, whom Georgie’s cousin David, the Prince of Wales, wants close by his side while he visits his ailing father. Georgie even brings along Queenie, her cook, who has a reputation for causing problems. There are enough rooms on offer to allow the inclusion of Georgie’s brother, Binky, the Duke of Rannoch, his annoying wife, Fig, their children, and Georgie’s mother, the dowager Duchess, who’s suddenly arrived from Germany. Darcy’s eccentric aunt Ermintrude asks the newlyweds to Wymondham Hall, on the edge of the royal Sandringham estate, and hints that Queen Mary especially wants Georgiana to come. When the house party she’s planned falls apart because almost no one she’s invited can come, she accepts an invitation of her own.

Lady Georgiana Rannoch is settling into married life with dashing Darcy O’Mara, who for once isn’t off on some secret government mission. Christmas 1935 finds murder stalking the British royal family.

God rest ye merry gentlemen rhys bowen