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Heirs and Graces

By: Rhys Bowen
Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
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Summary

Audie Award Finalist, Mystery, 2014

As 35th in line for the throne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch may not be the most sophisticated young woman, but she knows her table manners. It's forks on the left, knives on the right - not in His Majesty's back….

"Here I am thinking the education I received at my posh Swiss finishing school would never come in handy. And while it hasn't landed me a job, or a husband, it has convinced Her Majesty the Queen and the Dowager Duchess to enlist my help. I have been entrusted with grooming Jack Altringham - the Duke's newly discovered heir fresh from the Outback of Australia - for high society. The upside is I am to live in luxury at one of England's most gorgeous stately homes. But upon arrival at Kingsdowne Place, my dearest Darcy has been sent to fetch Jack, leaving me stuck in a manor full of miscreants…none of whom are too pleased with the discovery of my new ward. And no sooner has the lad been retrieved than the Duke announces he wants to choose his own heir. With the house in a hubbub over the news, Jack's hunting knife somehow finds its way into the Duke's back. Eyes fall, backs turn, and fingers point to the young heir. As if the rascal wasn't enough of a handful, now he's suspected of murder. Jack may be wild, but I'd bet the crown jewels it wasn't he who killed the Duke…."

©2013 Janet Quin-Harkin (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
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Editors Select, August 2013 - I am absolutely not joking when I say I had to beat out no less than 7 other hard-core in-house Royal Spyness fans for the privilege to choose Rhys Bowen’s newest installment as my top pick for August. If you have already started listening to this series I don’t really need to talk to you because you’ll already be as excited as I am about Heirs and Graces. If you have not picked up Her Royal Spyness then listen up: Please, I beg of you, do not hesitate. I have yet to recommend this series without effusively positive results. I’m not generally a cozy mystery fan, but Rhys Bowen’s delightful saga is my top favorite series to date, and Katherine Kellgren is at her most talented and charming in her spot-on performance of the myriad voices at play.

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great books

love all of her royal spyness books. great easy to get into books. light hearted. funny. and enough drama found on to keep me interested. I'm always shocked at who is the baddy.

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Katherine Kellgren is fabulous

Heirs and Graces is a romping good novel. It keeps you guessing right up to the end. However what makes it such fun is the way Katherine Kellgren narrates it. Her versatility of accents is astonishing - it really sounds like there’s a lot of different people involved. Her deftness at switching from one accent to another is mind blowing.

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Another high jinks story

As always very enjoyable and well narrated. Highly recommend this book and others in series

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Voice acting.

A good, old murder mystery with a twist… I can’t wait to listen to the next one.

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Good Plot Premise

If you’re au fait with your Greek Mythology, then, this may well be a walk in the park for you. I’m not, and neither was the Chief Inspector (whose character I did not warm to). Talking about characters I didn’t warm to, the hand maiden, Queenie, is still not a favourite. Fortunately there was very little of her but she’s still annoying.

An idyllic country seat is the scene of the crime, with a disparate cast of characters only 2 of whom could have been supposed to have committed the crime. As only Lady Georgiana is both willing and able to solve the crime, it’s fortunate that she happens to be on hand, doing everything except what she was ‘hired’ to do...

Another lack lustre story, but perfectly suited to whiling away an evening during the pandemic lockdown of 2020!

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Heavy going

Too complex and in depth did not suit my taste as needed however intriguing

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Heirs and Graces

Another really funny detective story, I was not able to work this one out! Laughted all the way though. Read brilliantly by Katherine Kellgren.

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Kellgren Strikes Again

Katherine Kellgren is possibly the best audiobook reader I have ever heard. She brings Georgie to life and makes an already wonderful story incredible.

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Easy !hastening. Well read pleasant story not too taxing to follow. Ideal night time and holiday listen. Good narration.

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Irritating narrator

She's got a hard as nails voice and says "parssage" and "eyelarsh". Even posh people in the olden days didn't talk so weirdly

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