Лучшие произведения С. Дж. Беннет

В Виндзоре королева устраивает небольшой прием, но утром одного из гостей находят мертвым. Все обставлено так, будто молодой русский пианист задушил себя сам, однако странно завязанный узел наводит на другие мысли. Следственная группа допрашивает самых преданных слуг Елизаветы, но она понимает, что искать виновника преступления надо в другом месте.

Queen Elizabeth II is looking forward to a traditional Christmas gathering with her family in Sandringham when a shocking discovery interrupts holiday plans. A severed hand has been found—but even more unsettling, she recognizes the signet ring still attached to a finger. It belongs to a scion of the St Cyr family, her old friends from nearby Ladybridge Hall. Despite the personal connection, the Queen wants to leave the investigation to the police—that is, until newspapers drag her name into the matter. As reporters speculate about the proximity of the crime to the Crown and the police fail to investigate a suspicious accident on her…

When the fabulous jewelled clock inside goes missing, Her Majesty quickly solves the puzzle . . . A short story published in My Weekly magazine, 24 October 2020, and also sent to subscribers of author's newsletter. HM visits an old friend for afternoon tea. Set in 1982.

It's 1961 and the Queen is planning her state visit to Italy aboard Britannia. But before she goes, an unreliable witness claims to have seen a brutal murder from the royal train. Did it really happen, and could the victim be a missing friend of Princess Margaret's new husband, Tony Armstrong Jones? The Queen and her assistant private secretary, Joan McGraw, get to work on their second joint investigation, little imagining that this time it will take them all the way to Venice in a tale of spies, lies and Cold War skulduggery.

1957 - A young woman is found dead in a mews house a mile from Buckingham Palace, wearing only silk underwear and a a diamond tiara. An older man is discovered nearby, garrotted and pierced through the eye with a long, sharp implement. According to the police, a high society card game was going on downstairs that night. One of the players surely committed the murders, but each of them can give the others an alibi. When someone very close to her is implicated, the young Queen is drawn in to the investigation...