LoveReading Says
A glorious start to a new murder mystery series with this brilliantly unique and rather special novel. Over the years the Queen has become adept at solving mysteries. Aided and abetted by her new assistant private secretary Rozie, and with the Queen due to step into her 90’s, they find themselves investigating a particularly tricky crime that was committed at Windsor Castle.
I always feel a certain reluctance to attach the word cosy to crime, but can reveal that SJ Bennett ensures that while a murder is committed, a decided warmth and joy accompanies the story. The actual calendar of events surrounding the Royals is included, so it all feels as though it could be deliciously real.
The plot makes the most perfect sense, of course the Queen could rival Sherlock Holmes, she is just as you would imagine her to be. The writing is smart, and compassionate, and carries the dignity of the occasions with a light touch. I adore the relationship that develops between the Queen and Rozie.
Rozie is the perfect addition, navigating her way around the maze of customs and etiquette that attempt to block her fact-finding missions. The Windsor Knot joins our LoveReading Star Books collection, if you are on the hunt for a new series, I can highly recommend putting this one to the top of the your to-be-read pile, it’s just gorgeous!
About The Windsor Knot
The morning after a dinner party at Windsor Castle, eighty-nine-year-old Queen Elizabeth is shocked to discover that one of her guests has been found murdered in his room, with a rope around his neck.
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Miss Marple with a crown in a heartwarming tale - Sunday Express
A total joy - Nina Stibbe
Hilarious, affectionate, and so well observed... I loved it - Joanne Harris
Possibly the most adorable crime novel out this year. If The Crown were crossed with Miss Marple, sprinkled with a dash of Murder She Wrote and adorned with some particularly gorgeous end-papers, then the result would probably be something like this charming whodunnit - Ruth Ware
Gently hilarious, discreetly compelling and utterly charming, The Windsor Knot adds detection to the mystique of monarchy. It's Miss Marple meets The Crown - Amanda Craig, bestselling author of The Golden Rule
A delightful read -- Nicki Chapman - BBC Radio 2
A witty whodunnit...just the tonic for these unsettled times - Good Housekeeping
I loved every page of this book...I do hope that Her Majesty has a few more cases which she's been keeping under the crown. The Thursday Murder Club was a cracker. The Windsor Knot is better - TheBookbag.co.uk
The first book in a highly original and delightfully charming crime series...gloriously funny and oozes affection - Adele Parks
This version of Her Majesty - shrewd, sensible and inquisitive - has much in common with Alan Bennett's royal creation in The Uncommon Reader, and the resulting book, with its mixture of real and imagined characters, is charming, cosy and respectful - The Guardian
This entertaining novel, written with wit and brio, will appeal to royalists and murder mystery lovers alike - Daily Express
SJ Bennett brilliantly sets up the Queen as a detective...She is Miss Marple with a crown - Daily Mirror
Full of authentic details, the plot is smart and twisty and the whole thing is wonderfully (oddly) believable. Absolute perfection! - Isabelle Broom
Bracingly fresh yet endearingly familiar, The Windsor Knot is a dead cert for the winner's enclosure. It gallops along at a cracking pace, is laugh-out-loud funny and completely convincing, peppered with delicious royal detail and in-jokes. Priceless and charming - a jewel in the crown - Veronica Henry, Sunday Times bestselling author
This witty, impeccably plotted tale is a delightfully refreshing read! - The People's Friend
[A] warm and witty murder mystery...A delightful and respectful tribute to Windsor's canniest - and most discreet - amateur sleuth - Woman & Home, Book of the Month
A deftly layered, surprisingly convincing and tongue-in-cheek whodunnit that will keep you guessing -- Sarra Manning, Literary Editor - RED
A witty take on royal life, this sparkling debut takes cosy crime to the next level - My Weekly
One to watch . . . Miss Marple meets The Crown - The Bookseller
A novel plot with surprises along the way...A fantastically fun whodunnit - Candis
What a hoot! - Saga
In this delightful and suspenseful whodunit, author SJ Bennett pulls off the prodigious feat of transforming Queen Elizabeth into an amateur detective. For those of us who love The Crown but think it should have a little more murder in it, this is perfection - Peter Swanson, author of Rules for Perfect Murders
Feels like an episode of The Crown - but with a spicy dish of murder on the side - Daily Mail
What a refreshing delight this murder mystery is! The plot itself is tightly woven, with subtle clues scattered to tantalise and keep you guessing...It's sharp, funny and satisfying, and I'm happy to say there's a whole series planned. I can't wait! - National Federation of Occupational Pensioners Magazine
Really intriguing and funny, such a brilliant concept, the kind of thing we need in these dark and difficult times -- Phil Williams - Times Radio
A clever tale woven around one of the most well-known women in the world...a wholly enjoyable romp...I'm curious to see what the nonagenarian monarch and her extremely engaging assistant private secretary will get up to next - CrimeReview.co.uk
Delightfully clever, funny and utterly charming...guaranteed to hold readers in its thrall - Lancashire Evening Post
The quirkiest, funniest and most-needed crime novel of the year - do not miss - Fabulous, The Sun on Sunday
Our supersleuth monarch... playing Miss Marple with a crown in a heartwarming tale - Daily Record
Storytelling perfection - charming, funny and utterly endearing. I'll never be able to think of the Queen the same way again! - VICTORIA SELMAN
