Love and Death Among the Cheetahs by Rhys BowenMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I have always loved the Royal Spyness books in great part because Lady Georgiana was a scrappy, peripheral member of the royal family who needed to figure out how to make her way in a world she was unprepared for. She didn't have the haughty, upper class snootiness of her "peers". I feel like that is changing with this book.
She and Darcy are now married, she's the mistress of a great estate - and she's starting to sound just like all the other upper class snobs. They are on their honeymoon in Kenya after Georgie complained about not having an adequate honeymoon. They are staying on the estate of a friend of a friend and find the expats living there are elitist, racist, alcoholic snobs. (Just the place for a honeymoon!!)
Of course, there is a murder and only Georgie and Darcy are equipped to solve it. I didn't like the majority of the character or their behavior. I wonder about why the author felt she had to write this book. There is a disclaimer at the beginning about the racist behavior and some language belonging to the time and place and she wanted to reflect historical accuracy in her dialogue. That likely flavored my opinion of the book before reading it. Not the best entry in the Royal Spyness series.
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