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All the Queen's Men: A Novel (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates Book 2)

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I actually cared what happened to him and dreaded when he'd find out that Niema was an undercover agent.

I've had my complaints about other Howard books I've read, but I always finished them without having to skim.

Yes, she has seven thousand pieces of art in her collection, but she has a reason to want that painting of Britannia back. One thing that I always love about Howard's writing, and the reason why I keep picking up her books, is the heroines. J. Bennett crafted an even more elaborate story here and again manages to fashion an ending where the Queen maneuvers her somewhat slower witted Palace staff chiefs, managers and police into thinking that they solved the crime on her behalf, when it was actually her hints and prodding that got them there. When Niema sees Tucker for the first time in 5 years, Tucker introduces himself with his 'real' name, his identity that only a select few have knowledge of which now includes her. The Queen muses about women who have achieved things or may do so in the future, such as Hilary Clinton, whilst underplaying her own role in world affairs.

This wasn’t helped by the fact that there are several threads to the mystery (a missing painting, a suspected murder, poison pen letters targeted at multiple people and the long-standing problem of Palace items being spirited away on the sly), making it difficult to do justice to any one of them.

But when an oil painting of the Royal Yacht Britannia - first given to the Queen in the 1960s - shows up unexpectedly in a Royal Navy exhibition, she begins to realise that something is up. In common with the first book it is the Queen’s Assistant Private Secretary, Rozie Oshodi, who goes out and asks questions and discreetly reports back.

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