A practical joker has struck Buckingham Palace and the King is not amused. These jokes escalate to murder, with the teenage Princess Louise being the eyewitness. As if being a Princess isn't hard enough it is time for secrets to be revealed and hard changes to occur in her young life/5(). King Joker. Dickinson, Peter. Published by Mysterious Press, New York, NY, U.S.A., ISBN ISBN The Princess Louise Mysteries: King and Joker and Skeleton-in-Waiting - Kindle edition by Dickinson, Peter. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Princess Louise Mysteries: King and Joker and Skeleton-in-Waiting/5(4).
Read "King and Joker A Crime Novel" by Peter Dickinson available from Rakuten Kobo. In the cavernous halls of Buckingham Palace, a series of pranks lead to murder in this mystery by CWA Gold Dagger winner. Peter Dickinson. ratings25 reviews. Princess Louise and her father, King Victor II of England, agree that life has become painfully dull. When she's not in school, Louise spends her days roaming the palace and fulfilling her royal duties while her father fusses over budgets and attempts to keep his family out of the tabloids. Author of more than 50 novels, Mr. Dickinson has won 16 awards for his books, and has twice been nominated for Edgar awards. Several of Mr. Dickinson s books, including King and Joker, appear on lists of the Best Mysteries of the 20th Century.
Overview. In the cavernous halls of Buckingham Palace, a series of pranks lead to murder in this mystery by CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson. Princess Louise and her father, King Victor II of England, agree that life has become painfully dull. When she’s not in school, Louise spends her days roaming the palace and fulfilling her royal duties while her father fusses over budgets and attempts to keep his family out of the tabloids. King and Joker: Peter Dickinson. About the Book (from the author's website): If Prince Edward hadn't died in he would have succeeded to the throne of England, instead of his brother George, and reigned as King Victor I, to be succeeded in his turn by his grandson King Victor II, the present monarch. Much would have remained the same, but much would have been very, very different. In "King and Joker", Mr. Dickinson continues to move away from the conventional suspense novel, and his characters are becoming more convincing with each book Anatole Broyard, The New York Times.
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