Rhys Bowen’s Her Royal Spyness fit nicely into my mood for some extra-light reading. I’m not much of a reader of cozy mysteries, or mysteries in general for that matter, but the premise – a minor royal solving crimes in 1930s London – appealed to my Anglophilic sensibilities.

Georgie, or as she’s more properly known, Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, abruptly leaves her beloved Scottish highlands for London, in order to try and avoid an arranged marriage. The first problem is that she has no money. An even bigger problem is the dead man in her bathtub. Georgie’s antics in trying to solve both dilemmas are funny and endearing, and the other colorful characters add to the book’s appeal. Throw in the Queen enlisting Georgie’s help as a family spy, and you’ve got yourself a comedy laced with enough intrigue to keep the mystery just that.

Her Royal Spyness is an entertaining book, one with enough substance to keep me interested but not so much that it bogs down the fun of the story. I’m not sure if my mood for this type of book will continue long enough to enjoy Georgie’s continued adventures in A Royal Pain, but it’s sitting on my bedside table, waiting to be read.

And with that, I have made my first foray into this year’s RIP Challenge and put another notch in the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge!