Murder at the Royal Palace
Reviewed By Janet Mawdesley October 4, 2025
Author Verity Bright
Distributor: Amazon
ISBN: 978-1805500216
Publisher: Bookouture
Release Date: September 2025
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Change is very much in the air coupled with immense excitement in the latest Lady Eleanor Swift Cozy Murder, Murder At The Royal Palace, as both Clifford and Lady Eleanor wait in the magnificent Ballroom of Buckingham Place to witness Hugh, her beloved husband of barely one month, receive his Knighthood from King George.
When a recipient waiting to receive his award for Services to the King, catches her eye, she is much struck by his immense pallor; when he stumbles, almost falling she instinctively goes to help until the Place security men come to assist the man.
Sir Leonard Dalrymple, Head of Palace Security makes himself known to Ellie, Hugh and Clifford, much to Hugh’s chagrin. Ellie considers this could be the break they need to start their very new Detective agency and is prepared, up to a point, to let bygones be gone!
Accepting the death of the man who collapsed at Buckingham Place was unusual, he was also Sir Leonard’s brother, they agree to investigate his death much against their better judgement.
Clifford and Ellie find they will need to go undercover in the Tower of London, while Hugh is doing his best to finish up his massive pile of paperwork before he leaves Scotland Yard for good, and with more than one or two strange occurrences happening Ellie, Clifford, Hugh and the Ladies find themselves up against a very careful, ruthless killer.
Murder At The Royal Palace is steeped in the bloody history of the Tower of London, the superstition that surrounds old buildings with a long history, the small town inside the walls of the Tower, which is home to the Beefeaters, (Yeoman Warders, Guardians of the Tower) as well as the Tower Ravens. When all these factors combine you have the perfect setting for a very grizzly series of murders which will plunge Ellie, Hugh and Clifford into immense danger.
The research that has gone into the background of Murder At The Royal Palace is formidable which has resulted in creating a captivating murder but also offers a slice of British history many readers will enjoy.
Highly recommended for lovers of a good murder mystery.