The Queen's Man

Reader reviewed by Mairi

Just days after leaving the house of the man who provided for him all of his life but never saw fit to tell him that he was his father, Justin de Quincy finds himself the bearer of a bloodstained letter to Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, a letter that has all ready cost one man his life. Justin is honorable enough to deliver the letter, but dishonorable enough to read it. Eleanor of Aquitaine, however, disagrees- she thinks that only a fool would not read a letter of such obvious importance.

I got this book out of the library because I wanted to look into the author and this was the only one of her books that's cover did not feature a swooning damsel in distress or a brave knight who looked like Barbie's boyfriend, what's-his-name. So I read the first chapter, which involved some guy named Aubrey yelling at his long lost son. It nearly put me to sleep, but I stuck with it and was rewarded with the next chapter.

Like most mysteries, this book starts out slow but reads fast once you get into it.