{"product_id":"the-windsor-knot-the-queen-investigates-a-murder-in-this-delightfully-clever-mystery-for-fans-of-the-thursday-murder-club","title":"The Windsor Knot: The Queen investigates a murder in this delightfully clever mystery for fans of The Thursday Murder Club","description":"Product Description\n\n\nOn a perfect Spring morning at Windsor Castle, Queen Elizabeth II will enjoy a cup of tea, carry out all her royal duties . . . and solve a murder.The perfect book for fans of The Crown and The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.'Like an episode of The Crown - but with a spicy dish of murder on the side' (DAILY MAIL) \n______________________\n\nThe morning after a dinner party at Windsor Castle, eighty-nine-year-old Queen Elizabeth is shocked to discover that one of her guests has been found murdered in his room, with a rope around his neck.\n\nWhen the police begin to suspect her loyal servants, Her Majesty knows they are looking in the wrong place.\n\nFor the Queen has been living an extraordinary double life ever since her coronation. Away from the public eye, she has a brilliant knack for solving crimes.\n\nWith her household's happiness on the line, her secret must not get out. Can the Queen and her trusted secretary Rozie catch the killer, without getting caught themselves?\n\n\nMiss Marple meets The Crown in The Windsor Knot, the first book in the 'Her Majesty The Queen Investigates' mystery series by SJ Bennett - for fans of The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, Agatha Christie and M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin. \n\n______________________\n\n\nPRAISE FOR THE WINDSOR KNOT:\n\n'\nHilarious, affectionate, and so well observed . . . I loved it' - JOANNE HARRIS\n\n\n'A total joy' - NINA STIBBE\n\n\n'A highly original and delightfully charming crime series' - ADELE PARKS\n\n\n'Possibly the most adorable crime novel out this year' - RUTH WARE\n\n\n'Charming, cosy and respectful' -\nGUARDIAN\n\n\n'Gently hilarious and utterly charming' - AMANDA CRAIG\n\n\nReview\n\n\nMiss Marple with a crown in a\nheartwarming tale ―\nSunday Express\n\n\nA total joy ―\nNina Stibbe\n\n\nHilarious, affectionate, and so well observed...\nI loved it ―\nJoanne Harris\n\n\nPossibly the most adorable crime novel out this year. If\nThe Crown were crossed with Miss Marple, sprinkled with a dash of\nMurder She Wrote and adorned with some particularly gorgeous end-papers, then the result would probably be something like this charming whodunnit ―\nRuth Ware\n\n\nGently hilarious, discreetly compelling and utterly charming,\nThe Windsor Knot adds detection to the mystique of monarchy. It's Miss Marple meets The Crown ―\nAmanda Craig, bestselling author of The Golden Rule\n\nA\ndelightful read -- Nicki Chapman ―\nBBC Radio 2\n\nA\nwitty whodunnit...\njust the tonic for these unsettled times ―\nGood Housekeeping\n\nI\nloved every page of this book...I do hope that Her Majesty has a few more cases which she's been keeping under the crown.\nThe Thursday Murder Club was a cracker.\nThe Windsor Knot is better ―\nTheBookbag.co.uk\n\nThe first book in a\nhighly original and\n delightfully charming crime series...\ngloriously funny and\noozes affection ―\nAdele Parks\n\nThis version of Her Majesty - shrewd, sensible and inquisitive - has much in common with Alan Bennett's royal creation in\nThe Uncommon Reader, and the resulting book, with its mixture of real and imagined characters, is\ncharming, cosy and respectful ―\nThe Guardian\n\nThis\nentertaining novel, written with wit and brio, will appeal to royalists and murder mystery lovers alike ―\nDaily Express\n\nSJ Bennett brilliantly sets up the Queen as a detective...She is\nMiss Marple with a crown ―\nDaily Mirror\n\nFull of authentic details, the plot is smart and twisty and the whole thing is wonderfully (oddly) believable.\n Absolute perfection! ―\nIsabelle Broom\n\nBracingly fresh yet endearingly familiar,\nThe Windsor Knot is a dead cert for the winner's enclosure. It gallops along at a cracking pace, is laugh-out-loud funny and completely convincing, peppered with delicious royal detail and in-jokes.\nPriceless and charming - a jewel in the crown ―\nVeronica Henry, Sunday Times bestselling author\n\nThis\nwitty,\nimpeccably\nplotted tale is a\ndelightfully refreshing read! ―\nThe People's Friend\n\n[A]\nwarm and\n witty murder mystery...A\ndelightful and respectful tribute to Windsor's canniest ","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39663009792085,"sku":"9781838774318N","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/9f2661e4-53eb-443f-b233-2ffaa4439f0b.jpg?v=1644307123","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-windsor-knot-the-queen-investigates-a-murder-in-this-delightfully-clever-mystery-for-fans-of-the-thursday-murder-club","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}