INDIA BLACK AND THE WIDOW OF WINDSOR

Whether running a brothel or running from danger as a spy for Her Majesty, India Black knows how to use the tricks of her trade. This time she's off to Scotland to ensure that the Queen doesn't end up getting killed. When Queen Victoria attends a séance, the spirit of her departed husband Prince Albert insists she spend Christmas at their Scottish home in Balmoral, a deviation from her usual practice. The Prime Minister suspects that Scottish nationalists are planning to assassinate the Queen, and sends the ever-resourceful India Black and the handsome British spy French to the Scottish Highlands undercover. French takes the high road, looking for a traitor among the Queen's guests, and India takes the low road, disguised as a servant. For her part, she doesn't need a medium to predict that someone at Balmoral is determined that this Christmas will be Her Majesty's last. Fast, funny and entertaining historical murder mystery. 315pp in paperback.