ROYAL FLUSH

If you like your cozies full of upper-class badinage and first-rate excitement, try Rhys Bowen’s third in the Royal Spyness series, featuring Lady Georgiana, a penniless aristocrat who is 34th in line to the throne of King George V. Georgie must return home to Castle Rannoch in Scotland to avoid a London scandal. While en route, she’s enlisted by the Home Office to keep an eye on the royal family, who’ve been plagued by a series of accidents. Katherine Kellgren is completely winning as guileless, gullible, plucky Georgie. With the castle overrun by visitors—including the notorious American Mrs. Wallis Simpson; her paramour, the Prince of Wales; and an assortment of gentry and staff—Kellgren shifts accents and attitudes with ease. Phryne Fisher fans will love Kellgren’s Lady Georgiana. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2011]