It's 1901, and Lady Emily Hargreaves and her husband, Colin, are attending the funeral of Queen Victoria. Understandably, the citizens of the United Kingdom are stunned by the loss after being ruled by the petite monarch for more than 63 years. Unfortunately, that shock hasn't extended to the criminal element. When the body of a murdered man is discovered in the Tower of London, the Hargreaves are called away in the middle of the funeral so that Colin, an agent of the Crown, can investigate ... Tasha Alexander’s Uneasy Lies the Crown will bring joy to anyone who loves delving into challenging mysteries of the past, particularly those involving British history and the monarchy. The witty banter between Lady Emily and her husband, their obvious love for one another and their innate intelligence are some of the wonderful features of this book and this series, which now has thrilled readers for 13 volumes.
In Uneasy Lies the Crown, the thrilling new mystery in Tasha Alexander’s bestselling series, Lady Emily and her husband Colin must stop a serial killer whose sights may be set on the new king, Edward VII ... Emily’s arch, often irreverent, sense of humor is but one of the many charms of Uneasy Lies the Crown, which delves not only into English royal history but also into the injustices of life in England at the turn of the 20th century. It provides quite a bit of background as to Colin’s family history but still serves as a great jumping on point for new readers to the series.
Plot strands tangle and threaten to unravel in this thirteenth episode of the Lady Emily Ashton and Colin Hargreaves series. But readers are in the author’s trustworthy hands, and the working out of the puzzle will delight mystery and history buffs alike.
Uneasy Lies the Crown is the thirteenth book in Tasha Alexander’s series of historical mysteries featuring Lady Emily Hargreaves and her husband, the dashing Lord Colin, agent of the crown ... Uneasy Lies the Crown is a fairly decent mystery with a great heroine, but it is dragged down by its subplot and can’t, ultimately, even be described as an average quality read.
On her deathbed, Queen Victoria hands Colin Hargreaves, her favorite agent of the crown, an envelope with a cryptic message...Soon thereafter, he’s called to London for a strange murder, accompanied of course by his wife, Lady Emily, who’s no stranger to all manner of violent crime. In the Tower of London they find a dead man costumed and posed as Henry VI ... Alexander, who’s adept at mixing historical facts with mysteries, includes chapters featuring a tale from 1415 that’s easily as interesting as the convoluted mystery that finally brings past and present together.
Bestseller Alexander’s engrossing 13th Lady Emily mystery opens in 1901 when the dying Queen Victoria hands Colin Hargreaves, Lady Emily’s diplomat husband, a cryptic note: 'One and no more. Dare to know' The queen’s funeral is barely over when Colin and Emily learn of a murder in the Tower of London ... When three more bodies show up, all killed in ways that mimic the deaths of English kings, Colin is convinced that it’s a warning to the new sovereign, Edward VII, that even a king can be killed ... Providing counterpoint are flashbacks to the 15th century, when Colin’s ancestor William fought with Henry V at Agincourt. The two seemingly unrelated plots centuries apart come together in the end in a neat twist. English history lovers will be enthralled.
