The Lady Grace Mysteries is a series of children’s detective fiction novels initially written by English author Patricia Finney, with Sara Volger and Jan Burchett later joining as co-authors. Written in the style of a diary, the story follows the protagonist, Lady Grace Cavendish, a maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth I, attempting to solve various mysteries within the royal court.
My name is Lady Grace Cavendish, and I’m Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s favourite Maid of Honour. Everyone thinks growing up at the Royal Court is all parties and feasts and jewels – but mysterious, dangerous things always seem to happen!
And because I am small and smart and very good at sneaking around, the Queen has made me her very own special secret investigator. Last night was the Valentine’s Ball, and I was supposed to pick a suitor there (boring!). But later on, one of them was found dead – with a dagger in his back! And it’s up to me to find the killer…
