Murder at Kensington Palace (A Wrexford & Sloane Mystery Book 3)

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Charlotte is adamant in her belief that the wrong man has been accused and that Nicholas could never have harmed his brother – but she won’t explain further or tell Wrexford what makes her so sure.

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Wrexford and Charlotte have a go-slow romantic situation which is interesting but is kept to a minimum level so readers who don't want a romance/mystery novel can feel fine reading this series. Discover the story of Princess Victoria, the young girl destined to be queen, in the rooms where she was born and raised at Kensington Palace. Charlotte and the weasels engage their extensive network of informants, but information is still scarce. Raven and Hawk were back in the game along with Wrex’s friend, Kit, his valet, Tyler, the surgeon, Henning, and Charlotte’s mysterious maid and all-around chaperone, McClellan.

The Queen spent little time at Kensington, preferring Hampton Court Palace, as she enjoyed hunting there in the extensive palace grounds. Another woman claimed George began following her in 1991 and tried to kiss her when she was walking down the street. Nevertheless, in late 1981 and early 1982 he was stopped by police on three different occasions over allegations that he was harassing women. On 22 June 2023, she presented the The Krypton Factor-style quiz show Puzzling, which made its debut on Channel 5 and there are 13 episodes.

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Louise designed the iconic statue of Queen Victoria on the West Front and it was unveiled in 1893 to celebrate Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. Wrexford, of course, is on hand to aid and abet her, as usual, and their investigations take them from the prison where Nicholas is being held to the streets of London, seedy and affluent, to the halls of science, to the Eos Society, whose upper-class members indulge in various scientific discussions and experimentation.George denied the rape allegation and the prosecution accepted a guilty plea to a lesser charge to avoid a trial. This third installment deals with one of the scientific innovations of the times: That of electricity and the recent (1802) invention by Alexander Volta of the voltaic pile, an early battery to generate electricity through chemistry.

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Until the death of George II in 1760, Kensington Palace was the favourite residence of successive sovereigns. She's so torn up about it in fact, that she makes sillier choices than usual and gives up her anonymity to rejoin "high" society, supposedly so she can interact with the female suspects. The plot is complex and well constructed, pulling the reader through the book at a good pace and beckoning them to pick the book up and read “just one more chapter” regardless of other tasks at hand. On January 10 1983, the royal protection squad found George hiding in the bushes at Kensington Palace, wearing khaki, carrying a knife and a length of rope.

Discover how this remarkable dress was carefully prepared for display in Crown to Couture, celebrating the craftsmanship and beauty of a dress that has survived since The Stuarts were on the throne. Moore confirmed his client was considering claiming compensation for the eight years he was in custody. We are, I suppose, well-acquainted with each other’s eccentricities and have learned to put up with them. Two months later, still using the name Gadd, George went to the offices of a newspaper in Ealing, west London, and said he was the British karate champion.