Assassin - The Lady Grace Mysteries
Assassin - The Lady Grace Mysteries
By: Grace Cavendish (well, sort of!)
This is the first in a (so far) 6 part series featuring Lady Grace Cavendish. In this series we are told about intrigues that occur in Queen Elizabeth I court. Grace is one of her ladies-in-waiting who is supposed to pick one of the three suitors the Queen has selected for her. One's too old, one's not very nice, and one's a little dull, but he's at least her age!
Grace makes her decision, but that night one of the suitors is murdered while another is the accused! Grace must figure out what has happened in order to preserve the honor of the accused. She goes to work with her friends Ellie and Masou to find the real killer. What they discover is almost more than Grace can handle!
I found this to be a fast-paced book that was quite simple for me. A potential problem for readers is some of the terminology, but the beauty of this book is that there is a glossary at the end (which is really good). There are also notes about poisons (a hot topic in this book), apparel (another biggie) and a 'Fact Behind the Fiction' section which I really appreciated. It's nice when an author takes the time to let you in on a part of their research process and distinguishes things that could be either real or fake.
All-in-all, I really liked this book - I'll be borrowing the others in the series from the public library and keep you informed of Grace's activities! (I own book 1 and 3, I'm sure I have book 2, but do you think I can find it? I had to give up after an hour of looking!)
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