"All the Queen's Men" by S.J. Bennett

"All the Queen's Men" by S.J. Bennett is a sequel to last year's "The Windsor Knot" (which I loved! -- my review here). 

This book picks up shortly after "The Windsor Knot" left off, mid-2016, after the Brexit vote but before the U.S. election. But 90-year-old Queen Elizabeth II has something else on her mind:  a favourite painting of the Royal Yacht Britannia that mysteriously disappeared from the wall outside her bedroom years earlier turns up at an exhibition of maritime art that she's attending. The Queen asks her Assistant Private Secretary, Rozie Oshodi, to investigate how it got there -- and how to get it back! 

Meanwhile, several staff members have been receiving nasty poison-pen letters -- and then one of them turns up dead by the swimming pool in Buckingham Palace. It looks like an accident -- but could it be murder? Whodunnit, and why? With Rozie's help, the Queen is on the case! Prince Philip, Princess Anne and the corgis/dorgis all make appearances.

As with "The Windsor Knot," this was a fast, easy read -- and quite simply a whole lot of fun.  A bit convoluted, perhaps (lots of characters to keep track of), but still, highly enjoyable. 

The last chapter made me teary. 

4 stars on Goodreads. Further sequels are planned, and I for one can't wait.  :) 

This was Book #13 read to date in 2022 (and Book #2 finished in March), bringing me to 29% of my 2022 Goodreads Reading Challenge goal of 45 books. I am (for the moment, anyway...!) 6 books ahead of schedule. :)  You can find reviews of all my books read to date in 2022 tagged as "2022 books."