Title: The Marlow Murder Club Author: Robert Thorogood
Publication: 7 January 2021 by HQ;
3 May 2022 by Poisoned Pen Press
Format: Kindle eARC via NetGalley
To solve an impossible murder, you need an impossible hero.
Creator of BBC One's hilarious murder mystery series Death in Paradise, Robert Thorogood, has turned the Christie-mystery on its head with a new cozy first in series. Perfect for readers who love Richard Osmond's Thursday Murder Club and An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good, The Marlow Murder Club introduces Judith, a seventy-seven-year-old whiskey drinking, crossword puzzle author living her best life in a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of Marlow.
Nothing ever happens in Marlow. That is, until Judith hears her neighbor shot while skinny-dipping in the Thames. The local police don't believe her story, so she decides to investigate for herself, and is soon joined in her quest by Suzie, a salt-of-the-earth dog-walker, and Becks, the prim and proper wife of the local vicar.
Together, they are the Marlow Murder Club.
When another body turns up, they realize they have a real-life serial killer on their hands. And the puzzle they set out to solve has become a trap from which they might never escape...
Ramble-y Teaserish Stuff
I had decided by the end of the first chapter that this was going to become one of my favorite series ... and that I want to be Judith Potts when I grow up.
I have been a huge Robert Thorogood fan ever since I first stumbled upon Death in Paradise years ago. So far I only have two of the DiP-related books and, I believe, one has yet to be read ... but I'm thinking that will definitely have to change while I wait for Death Comes to Marlow.
Judith, Becks and Suzie are amazing and funny and complex and I greatly look forward to seeing what they get up to next and I highly highly recommend picking this one up -- even if you aren't a woman of "a certain age." The youngest of the trio is in her 40s and they are all written so well that I had to remind myself more than once that they were written by a man. I imagine that the women in Thorogood's life are very pleased to have someone around who "gets it" so well.
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2 comments:
Great excerpts! Now I want to know what will happen in this story. Here's mine: “THE SUMMER PLACE”
This series is definitely on my wishlist. Looks so good.
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