Böcker av Lisa Karon Richardson

Lady Portia Blithe's life really started when she was offered admission to Saint Scholastica's, England's most exclusive boarding school. Graduates of Saint Scholastica are always selected to serve as ladies-in-waiting to the queen. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world the school teaches more than deportment. Alongside dancing and conversational French, students are trained to guard the queen's life. They are the Praetorienne. On the cusp of graduation, Portia and her classmates are introduced to Princess Victoria, the next in line for the British throne. Everyone knows the elderly king will not live much longer, and for the first time in three centuries, England will have a female monarch. It's a heady opportunity for princess and Praetorienne alike. But when it appears there is a plot afoot to kidnap the princess, Portia has to make certain that Victoria lives long enough to claim her throne.

Inspired by the famous Girl Detective, the members of the Olentangy Heights Girls' Detective Society, affectionately known as the Nosy Parkers, spent their formative years studying criminology, codes, and capers. But opportunities to practice their unique skills were thin in their little corner of post-war suburbia, so they eventually grew up to pursue more sensible careers. Until...When her friend is killed in a hit-and-run, all the instincts honed by Gemma Gaines during her years in the Nosy Parkers tell her it was no accident. After she finds cryptic notes that only her friend could have slipped into her handbag, she's convinced murder has been done.With the doggedness of the great Girl Detective herself, Gemma follows the clues wherever they take her. Real-life mystery solving isn't as tidy as it is in novels, though, and before she knows it, her roommate has been kidnapped and Gemma is convinced it's all her fault. With the help of a handsome new neighbor - who may be more than he seems - she is soon on the trail of a counterfeiting ring that would like nothing more than to see Gemma put out of circulation for good.