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The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett is a charming and light-hearted mystery with a really interesting premise. It starts with a party at Windsor Castle for an eclectic bunch of invited guests, the following morning one of them, a young Russian pianist, is found dead in his room in unusual circumstances. All the guests and household staff are under suspicion and the Queen decides to do some investigating of her own with the assistance of her trusted secretary, Rozie. It seems that Her Majesty has been leading a double life as a secret sleuth for years! I found the book easy to read, the story flows well and the characters are engaging. With some great anecdotes and a few humourous touches that had me laughing out loud, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I would love this to develop into a whole series of books about the Queen solving various crimes behind the scenes.

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adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Such a great book. The blurb of the book had me really interested and really intrigued and so excited to read and this book didn’t let me down at all. I love how we meet each character and learnt about them and what there roles are to the queen and they were so well described and I really loved ever character especially Rozie she is my favourite along side the queen. I loved how the author wrote the queen and how she describes the queen is amazing and so well done. I never thought a book about the queen solving mysteries would be this so fast paced as so well written from start to end. The plot of the book kept me interested right up to the last page I never suspected the murder at all as I thought it was someone else but the way the police described who the killer was and why they did it integrated me so so much. I loved the queen’s relationships with all the characters especially Philip her husband. I can’t wait to read the next 2 books in this series. Xx

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4.0

Such a wonderful read! A fun and intriguing premise. Having the Queen take center stage in such a riveting mystery was a dream come true. In a world with so many mysteries, this one really stood out due to the author's creativity, sense of humor, and a seamless blend of fact and fiction. I look forward to seeing where S.J. Bennett goes next!

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2.0

It's interesting to me what makes up any given person's taste in books. I guess genre and subject matter must be some part of it but there's surely so much more, for instance tone, word choices, characterizations (or lack thereof); setting, syntax, tense and dialogue and even, sometimes, punctuation. Also there's the reader's age and life situation - for example I have loved certain books as an older adult that I would never had the patience for in younger years, and I'm certain I read and loved books way back when that would be thrown against the wall should I try to read them now. Surely there's still more than that but I think we all get the idea.

Anyway, this book was boring.

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