--- product_id: 8367217 title: "Royal Blood (A Royal Spyness Mystery)" price: "VT4227" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/8367217-royal-blood-a-royal-spyness-mystery store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Royal Blood (A Royal Spyness Mystery) **Price:** VT4227 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Royal Blood (A Royal Spyness Mystery) - **How much does it cost?** VT4227 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/8367217-royal-blood-a-royal-spyness-mystery) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Royal Blood (A Royal Spyness Mystery): 9780425243749: Bowen, Rhys: Books Review: Fun! - Enjoy these stories. Fun easy entertaining read. Good series to go from one adventure to the next with comfortable characters for a light read before bedtime. Very enjoyable. Review: What happens in Transylvania stays in Transylvania... - As 34th in line to the throne, Lady Georgiana does perform the occasional royal duty, but never anything particularly glamorous. But that changes when the Queen asks Georgie to represent the royal family at the wedding of a Romanian princess. With a totally unqualified (but willing to work for next to nothing) maid in tow Georgie sets off for Transylvania. At a banquet prior to the wedding, a guest collapses and it is soon discovered that he was poisoned. Georgie has her hands full in this 4th installment in the Royal Spyness series. A creepy castle, vampire sightings, a bumbling maid and now a dead body. But with the help of the enigmatic Darcy O'Mara, Georgie stands a good chance of discovering who the murderer is and getting out of Transylvania in one piece! This was an entertaining story with a lot of humor and some memorable characters. I don't always like a first person narrative, but having Georgie tell "her" story made me feel like I was listening to a friend tell me an amusing anecdote about a family wedding. Just about all the series regulars make at least a cameo appearance and the character of Georgie's chaperone was perfectly described and was a fun addition to the "cast". The mystery was typical "cozy" fare - pretty much just window dressing leaving the characters and domestic details to carry the storyline. Fine with me; that's what I read a "cozy" for, after all. Bottom Line: This series is centered around a "minor" member of the British royal family, Lady Georgiana Rannoch. Georgia is twenty-something, single and perpetually broke. The setting is pre-WWII London (though this entry takes place primarily in Transylvania), and is full of royal gossip, glamorous people and settings that reflect the social ambience of the time period. Good fun. No strong language or sexual content. Book One: Her Royal Spyness (A Royal Spyness Mystery) Book Two: A Royal Pain (A Royal Spyness Mystery) Book Three: Royal Flush (Royal Spyness Mystery) Book Four: Royal Blood (Royal Spyness Mystery) Book Five: Naughty In Nice (Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie) ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #232,501 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #830 in Historical Mystery #1,623 in Amateur Sleuths #6,292 in Women Sleuths (Books) | | Book 4 of 20 | Royal Spyness Mysteries | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (4,807) | | Dimensions | 4.21 x 0.87 x 6.72 inches | | Edition | Reprint | | ISBN-10 | 0425243745 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0425243749 | | Item Weight | 5.6 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 336 pages | | Publication date | September 6, 2011 | | Publisher | Berkley | ## Images ![Royal Blood (A Royal Spyness Mystery) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71FSCc9kTSL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fun! *by L***D on October 26, 2025* Enjoy these stories. Fun easy entertaining read. Good series to go from one adventure to the next with comfortable characters for a light read before bedtime. Very enjoyable. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ What happens in Transylvania stays in Transylvania... *by L***S on November 8, 2011* As 34th in line to the throne, Lady Georgiana does perform the occasional royal duty, but never anything particularly glamorous. But that changes when the Queen asks Georgie to represent the royal family at the wedding of a Romanian princess. With a totally unqualified (but willing to work for next to nothing) maid in tow Georgie sets off for Transylvania. At a banquet prior to the wedding, a guest collapses and it is soon discovered that he was poisoned. Georgie has her hands full in this 4th installment in the Royal Spyness series. A creepy castle, vampire sightings, a bumbling maid and now a dead body. But with the help of the enigmatic Darcy O'Mara, Georgie stands a good chance of discovering who the murderer is and getting out of Transylvania in one piece! This was an entertaining story with a lot of humor and some memorable characters. I don't always like a first person narrative, but having Georgie tell "her" story made me feel like I was listening to a friend tell me an amusing anecdote about a family wedding. Just about all the series regulars make at least a cameo appearance and the character of Georgie's chaperone was perfectly described and was a fun addition to the "cast". The mystery was typical "cozy" fare - pretty much just window dressing leaving the characters and domestic details to carry the storyline. Fine with me; that's what I read a "cozy" for, after all. Bottom Line: This series is centered around a "minor" member of the British royal family, Lady Georgiana Rannoch. Georgia is twenty-something, single and perpetually broke. The setting is pre-WWII London (though this entry takes place primarily in Transylvania), and is full of royal gossip, glamorous people and settings that reflect the social ambience of the time period. Good fun. No strong language or sexual content. Book One: Her Royal Spyness (A Royal Spyness Mystery) Book Two: A Royal Pain (A Royal Spyness Mystery) Book Three: Royal Flush (Royal Spyness Mystery) Book Four: Royal Blood (Royal Spyness Mystery) Book Five: Naughty In Nice (Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie) ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Royal gothic! *by A***Y on March 3, 2019* Next to Georgette Heyer’s Regency romances, Rhys Bowen’s Royal Spyness mysteries are my go-to books for the light reading I require after too many of the serious & sometimes taxing books that I tend to enjoy. For those who don’t know her, Lady Georgiana Rannoch is a member of the British Royal Family, 34th in line to the Crown. As a result of her father’s gambling addiction, her family has been placed in reduced circumstances, & Lady Georgiana finds herself trying to make her way in the world of the early 1930’s that’s economically unfavorable to impoverished female aristocrats living on their own & has even been known to crash parties & social gatherings in order to get a good meal! Determined to marry only for love, she develops various schemes to keep her head above water, none terribly successful, & frequently finds herself being dispatched by Queen Mary, who has no idea of the difficulty of Georgie’s life, to carry out certain (often unpleasant) social duties which invariably lead to her being involved in some criminal investigation or other, frequently as a suspect. This time she’s been requested to represent the royals at a royal wedding in Transylvania to be held at an ancient & remote gothic castle. Much of the humor is in the ingenuity Georgie shows in the attempt to disguise her poverty, this time when tasked to acquire a lady’s maid of which she has no means of hiring, resulting in the completely incompetent Queenie, who is someone we southerners refer to as a “hoot”. On her arrival, her first glimpse of the castle reveals a caped figure climbing it’s outer wall, then seeming to disappear. Then on her second night there a prominent guest drops dead during the after-dinner toasts, appearing to have been poisoned. Naturally there are mysterious goings-on at every turn; Georgie glimpses the bride with what seems to be blood on her mouth & hands, is visited in the middle of the night by a sharp-toothed man who appears identical to the (ancient?) portrait on the wall who then mysteriously fades into the darkness…many other bumps in the night…all greatly tongue-in-cheek & great fun. Looking forward to needing to read the next in the series! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/8367217-royal-blood-a-royal-spyness-mystery](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/8367217-royal-blood-a-royal-spyness-mystery) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-05-03*