The Marlow Murder Club [L0048]

2022 - PB Nice clean condition. Edgar Award Nominee, Lilian Jackson Braun Award. "An absolute joy to read. Funny, entertaining, and beautifully written." ―B. A. Paris, New York Times bestselling author. A delightfully clever new mystery from creator of BBC One's hilarious murder mystery series Death in Paradise. Meet 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. It's an open and shut case, of course. Ha! Stefan can't be left for dead like that. Judith investigates and picks up a crew of sidekicks: Suzie the dogwalker and Becks the vicar's wife. 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. Robert Thorogood, has turned the Christie-mystery on its head with this ever-so-sly cozy mystery.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "The Marlow Murder Club is a rollicking good read. It took me awhile to warm up to the main character of 77-year-old Judith Potts, but once Thorogood helped me to know her better, it was game on! It's the most sophisticated cozy mystery I've ever read. There are some Hitchcockian themes at play, suspects have ironclad alibis, while motives are very elusive."; "Everything about this book is so clever and departs from the "usual" mysteries. From the very first page you are drawn into this fast paced thrilling mystery featuring an elderly lady, two new friends, and the policewoman who enlists them into assisting her in uncovering the killer."; "A cozy mystery with a septuagenarian protagonist? I'm all in! I love this main character and her unconventional ways. She's a kick in the pants, on the hunt for a cold-blooded killer, and I'm rooting for her all the way. Her cohort's are equally interesting, convincingly quirky, and this becomes quite the trio!"