'I love Robert Thorogood's writing. 'Damn right funny and eat fun'- Crime Time 'Lightweight but no-nonsense and genuinely brainy'- Kirkus Reviews Robert Thorogood, has turned the Christie-mystery on its head with this ever-so-sly cozy perfect for readers who love Richard Osmond's Thursday Murder Club and An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good. And the puzzle they set out to solve has become a trap from which they might never escape.

When another body turns up, they realize they have a real-life serial killer on their hands. Together, they are the Marlow Murder Club. Judith investigates and picks up a crew of sidekicks: Suzie the dogwalker and Becks the vicar's wife. Ha! Stefan can't be left for dead like that. The Marlow Murder Club is the first book in a new series by author and screenwriter, Robert Thorogood, well known as the creator of the BBC 1 Murder Mystery Series, Death in Paradise.

The local police don't believe her story. That is, until Judith hears her neighbor shot while skinny-dipping in the Thames. 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.

Paris, New York Times bestselling authorĪ delightfully clever new mystery from creator of BBC One's hilarious murder mystery series Death in Paradise Funny, entertaining, and beautifully written.' -B. When crossword compiler Judith Potts hears a shout and a bang from the yard of neighboring art gallery owner Stefan Dunwoody. The creator of the Death in Paradise series ( Murder in the Caribbean, 2018, etc.) crafts a triple-decker puzzle in a Thames-side English village. As far as she's concerned, Peter was murdered! And it's up to the Marlow Murder Club to find the killer before he or she strikes again.2023 EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE, LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN AWARD by Robert Thorogood RELEASE DATE: May 3, 2022. The study was locked from the inside, so the police don't consider the death suspicious. are looking forward to a bit of free champagne.īut during the soiree, there's a crash from inside the house, and when the Marlow Murder Club rush to investigate, they are shocked to find the groom-to-be crushed to death in his study. Sir Peter is having a party at his grand mansion on the river Thames the day before the wedding, and Judith and Co. The most exciting thing on the horizon is the upcoming wedding of Marlow grandee, Sir Peter Bailey, to his nurse, Jenny Page. It's been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks - AKA the Marlow Murder Club - since the events of last year. Judith, Suzie and Becks return in the brilliant second crime novel in the Marlow Murder Club series, from the creator of the hit TV series, Death in Paradise.

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