SJ Bennett (1) (1966–)
Auteur van De moord op Windsor Castle
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SJ Bennett (1) via een alias veranderd in Sophie Bennett.
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- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Sophia Bennett
- Geboortedatum
- 1966
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- England, UK
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- England, UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Richmond, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- London, England
- Opleiding
- University of Cambridge (PHD|Italian literature)
- Beroepen
- writer
instructor - Agent
- Charlie Campbell (Greyhound Literary)
- Korte biografie
- SJ Bennett grew up reading mystery stories and travelling the world as an army child. She became a strategy consultant and wrote several award-winning books for teenagers before turning to adult crime novels with the Her Majesty the Queen Investigates series. Her books have been published in over twenty languages, from Japanese to Catalan. She has taught writing with City Lit, City University and the Royal Literary Fund, and lives in South London, where she also runs a writing podcast for aspiring authors called Prepublished. [from Website. There is also a significantly longer biography on the website]
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The Windsor Knot: A Novel (Her Majesty the Queen… door SJ Bennett
A brilliant premise, and delightful representation of Her Majesty, but I confess I got lost in the plot. The lovely portrayal of life in the palace (or Windsor Castle, usually) may have kept me so interested that I didn't pay much attention to the mystery. The hook is that the Queen solves the mystery, although of courses she must do so privately, using influence with her outcome rather than announcing it. But by the end I was impressed with her and really didn't care about the solution.
A brilliant premise, and delightful representation of Her Majesty, but I confess I got lost in the plot. The lovely portrayal of life in the palace (or Windsor Castle, usually) may have kept me so interested that I didn't pay much attention to the mystery. The hook is that the Queen solves the mystery, although of courses she must do so privately, using influence with her outcome rather than announcing it. But by the end I was impressed with her and really didn't care about the solution.
I have enjoyed every book in this series thus far. Incredibly witty and well observed it is a thoroughly enjoyable read.
This time we journey back in time to an early investigation of our detecting Queen. A girl is found dead, a man murdered by being stabbed through the eye, in a house rented by a senior cleric. There is more going on here than meets the eye: seedy escort agencies, gentleman's clubs and the intelligence services. The Queen sets out to disentangle the mess with the help of an APS, somehow not from the usual circles (late of Bletchley Park).
It's a great read, and I'm looking forward to the next installment in this series.
Thank you to Netgalley for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.… (meer)
This time we journey back in time to an early investigation of our detecting Queen. A girl is found dead, a man murdered by being stabbed through the eye, in a house rented by a senior cleric. There is more going on here than meets the eye: seedy escort agencies, gentleman's clubs and the intelligence services. The Queen sets out to disentangle the mess with the help of an APS, somehow not from the usual circles (late of Bletchley Park).
It's a great read, and I'm looking forward to the next installment in this series.
Thank you to Netgalley for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.… (meer)
I like the surmise of these, that the Queen was a bright cookie and sets her APS tasks to investigate goings on in the palace. In this we have a missing painting a poison pen campaign and a body in the swimming pool. Which of these are related and what's irrelevant? Gradually the strands entwine and there is a pattern that emerges. The fun in these is the interaction between the Queen and her APS (in on the secret) and the heads of the household offices (in the dark). There's an air of nostalgia in here, with Her Maj no longer here. I like to think that she might have been this bright and that she might have enjoyed them.… (meer)
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