S. J. Bennett (1966–)
Author of The Windsor Knot
S. J. Bennett is SJ Bennett (1). For other authors named SJ Bennett, see the disambiguation page.
S. J. Bennett (1) has been aliased into Sophie Bennett.
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Works have been aliased into Sophie Bennett.
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- Canonical name
- Bennett, S. J.
- Other names
- Sophia Bennett
Bennett, S. J.
Bennett, Sophia
Bennett, Sophia J.
Bennett, SJ - Birthdate
- 1966
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- England, UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Richmond, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England
- Education
- University of Cambridge (PHD|Italian literature)
- Occupations
- writer
instructor - Agent
- Charlie Campbell (Greyhound Literary)
- Short biography
- 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 third entry in the series feature HM the Queen as an amateur detective, working through her Assistant Private Secretary is set at Sandringham at Christmas. A severed hand is washed up on the beach and the Queen identified the likely victim as Ned St Cyr. The family hold lands in the vicinity and there is a family friendship. The case is complicated by the friendship and the rules of inheritance while it takes on a darker hue than previous books in the motive. Rozie discovers the joy of wild swimming as part of her investigation, dedicating herself to the cause so much as to immerse herself in a Norfolk river in January - brrrr!
It's an affectionate portrait of a missed monarch.… (more)
It's an affectionate portrait of a missed monarch.… (more)
I have the flu, this has been perfect undemanding listening
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.
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- Works
- 6
- Members
- 1,137
- Popularity
- #22,580
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 79
- ISBNs
- 90
- Languages
- 10
Her Majesty calls on her Assistant Personal Secretary Rozie Oshodi to investigate what happened to Ned St. Cyr. The St. Cyrs have long been close to the Royal Family and Her Majesty recalls many happy times with them over the years though they have been seen less frequently in royal circles since the older generation of St. Cyrs passed away.
Adding to the disappearance of Ned is a hit-and-run accident which gravely injured Judy Raspberry who is a long-time neighbor and the treasurer of the local Women's Institute. She might have been investigating odd occurrences on the same beach where the hand was found. Adding also is the suicide of one of St. Cyr's elderly tenants which takes away one of Her Majesty's sources of information about long held secrets.
I enjoyed this fictional look inside the Royal Family. I liked the way the Queen inserts herself into the investigation while maintaining her distance. I liked the look back at the political events of 2016 with both Brexit and Trump taking place in the background of the Royal's Christmas.
Rozie Oshodi is a great character too with her loyalty to the Queen and skills as an investigator.… (more)