Spies and adventures

Have read the second book of A Royal Spyness series by Rhys Bowen. In “A Royal Pain” Georgie has another assignment from the Queen. She is to entertain a Bavarian Princess and attracts the attention of Prince of Wales. David the crown prince is paying too much attention to a certain American lady (yeah, the infamous Mrs. Simpson) and the Queen is unhappy. Several murders later, Georgie has found out some interesting facts and has stopped an assassination.
Then the third book of Molly Murphy’s series “For the love of Mike” by Rhys Bowen. Molly is establishing her detective business, is thrown in jail a couple of time, working in sweatshops and finding a sweetheart (maybe for real this time, not that scumbag Daniel Sullivan!) and is catching murderers. She is uber busy!
Finished the sixth book of Nic Costa series “The Garden of Evil” by David Hewson. Such a sad tale! Poor poor Emily is killed by a ruthless crazy murderer while she is helping Nic just three months after their wedding. The whole team is enraged, Leo goes above and beyond law to find her murderer and every one is bringing their best to the table to catch that powerful privileged killer.
Finally read “Undead and Unworthy” (Queen Betsy, Book 7) by MaryJanice Davidson. Betsy and Sinclair are back and facing a new upraise in their subjects. The Fiends have gained their mental powers back and want to kill Betsy. Detective Nick is asking Betsy to help with a case. Betsy’s dead stepmother is hunting her and … yeah, go read it! After all the other great books I read, Ms. Davidson’s writing looks very simplistic and childish and her story has lots of holes in it. Hey, we are fans and we won’t criticize, right?!
Else? Been reading the rest of Pink Carnation series, books two and three “The Masque of the Black Tulip” and “The Deception of the Emerald Ring” by Lauren Willig. I also went back and reread the fourth book “the Seduction of Crimson Rose”. Well, in the first book you meet Lord Richard (the Purple Gentian) and Amy and Jane two young cousins who travel to France to become spies and stop evil plots of Napoleon to take over Britain. Amy and Richard fall in love, Richard is unmasked by French and thrown in jail, Amy saves him and they go back to England to train more spies and live happily ever after. In the second book Richards’s best friend Miles and Richard’s sister Henrietta are helping the famous Pink Carnation when some French Spies start killing their messengers. With the help of Pink Carnation who is still in France, Miles and Hen arrest the elusive Theresa and think they have found the deadly Black Tulip. They get married too! Then in the Emerald Ring book, Geoffrey another friend of Richard is trying to elope with Marry Alsworthy the love of his life but when he opens the carriage door, he finds Letty, Marry’s little sister. Hey the girl is ruined and he has to marry her. Out of rage Geoff takes of to Ireland right after the wedding and without telling Letty. She follows him and finds him flirting outrageously with a beautiful heiress. Well, what can she do when the Black tulip is there? The Pink Carnation asks them for help in stopping an Irish revolution and Geoff and Letty fall in love! In the Crimson Rose book, we meet Lord Sebastian Vaughn and Marry Alsworthy. Marry has the exact beauty that all the Black Tulip petals had. Pink Carnation asks for Vaughn’s help in requiting Marry and ….
I liked Lord Vaughn’s character more than all the other heroes of the series. Richard was a spoiled child, Miles was like a large shaggy dog and Geoff was too brooding for my taste. But Sebastian, oh, he was perfect, sharp wit and sharp tongue, lots of teasing, really brave, totally pragmatic, self centered and utterly selfish… the perfect hero! I’m so in love!!! Can’t wait till January for the fifth book.
Also read "The moneylender of Toulouse " a Fools' Guild mystery by Alan Gordon. I didn't like it. The author didn't pay any attention to the time frame. People in 13th century surly were not talking and teasing and behaving like modern people, right?