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Naughty in Nice

By: Rhys Bowen
Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
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The national best-selling author of Royal Blood whisks her heroine away to the French Riviera for fun-and danger.

Lady Georgiana Rannoch has once again been called into service by Her Majesty the Queen. This time she's sent to Nice on a secret assignment that's nothing to sneeze at: recover the Queen's stolen snuff box.

As much of an honor as it is to be trusted by Her Majesty, an even greater honor awaits Georgie in Nice - as Coco Chanel herself asks Georgie to model her latest fashion. But when a necklace belonging to the Queen is stolen on the catwalk, Georgie has to find two priceless items - and solve a murder. How's a girl to find any time to go to the casino?

©2011 Janet Quin-Harkin (P)2011 Audible, Inc. Cosy Detective Historical Mystery Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction

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Critic reviews

“Katherine Kellgren's performance encompasses an astonishing range of personalities while remaining true to her impoverished sleuth's impeccable enunciation…Kellgren, undaunted by the burgeoning cast of characters, supplies plenty of distinctive accents and jaunty tones. The delighted listener wants the story to go on and on.” ( Audiofile)
"Fans of Peter Lovesey''s hilarious books transforming the future Edward VII into an unlikely sleuth will relish Bowen''s whimsical fifth Royal Spyness mystery starring Lady Georgiana Rannoch, 34th in line to the British thrown (after 2010''s Royal Blood). Bowen successfully melds a whodunit with comedy as few contemporary writers can." ( Publishers Weekly, starred review)
"The best part of this delicious series is the cast of characters (well known and otherwise), led, of course, by the level-headed and stiff- upper-lipped Georgiana, who tackles whatever is in front of her, be it murder or romance, with uncommon relish. A royal romp." ( Booklist)
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I didn’t enjoy this story as much as the previous tale. The concept is great and the solution to the various crimes, misdemeanours and murders were completely unseen. Notwithstanding all of that (& with all of our usual cast of usual characters), I really couldn’t warm to the journey and the dialogue. I still don’t warm to the Ladies Maid, Queenie and can’t see why she can’t be laid off!

There isn’t as much humour this time around, and not so much character development either. I feel that we’ve learned as much about the characters as we’ll ever learn.

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I enjoy all of these Rhys Bowen, easy listening and relaxing so if you want to just relax and smile to your self these are for you.
I can throughly recommend them.

Naughty but nice

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loved this my first book Ive listened to and look forward to the next read in the series

enjoyable listening

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Another charming story with a great plot - and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it from start to finish :-)

Wonderful story…

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With London cold & smoggy and who's who are off to warmer climbs, Lady Georgina is given a job from the Queen, and sent off to join her family. Being accused of both theft and murder, she finds there is nothing to it but get involved again. Read brilliantly again by Katherine Kellgren.

Naughty in Nice

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There is something about these books that makes me feel warm inside with a smile on my face. This time Georgie ends up in Nice at the request of the Queen. As usual chaos ensues and Georgie finds herself embroiled in a murder. Featuring the lovable maid Queenie, the dashing Darcy and the intolerable Fig. Georgie must solve the murder in order to prove her innocence. A great listen ! The narrator is soothing, strident and super riveting.

Heart warming and funny.

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Absolutely brilliant, loved every minute, every detail, can't wait for the next book !A ++++++

naughty in Nice

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If you could sum up Naughty in Nice in three words, what would they be?

Civilised, cultured and clever read!!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Lady Georgiana

Have you listened to any of Katherine Kellgren’s other performances? How does this one compare?

Yes! All of the royal spyness series books are incredible.
I am an Agatha Christie' s books but these are better!!!!

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Naughty but nice

Great read

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Please will someone tell the author that “Bob’s your uncle” does not mean “I agree” or “ok”, and that we don’t refer to entrance halls as “foyers”?! Perhaps at the same time they could let the narrator know that we don’t say parrrrsageway either…
I love these stories and plotlines, but there are some grating errors in content and narration that are difficult to overlook.

Generally great but some glaring errors

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This was okay, but not the best. The story was a little lacklustre, and to be honest I'm getting a little sick of the 'all British men are secretly rapists' thing. This seems to be becoming increasingly common in these tales. I pretty sure very few men actually want to force a woman to sleep with them, even if they are from the upper-classes.
I wasn't that impressed with narration either. For some reason the narrators voice and pronunciation is becoming increasingly ridiculous. It's more than a little distracting.

Not as good as the rest.

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