She creates these cryptic crosswords and sends them off to, I believe, her local newspaper. She is a crossword puzzle setter, which is a detail I really enjoyed. So it’s a perfect setting for an amateur sleuth. And I think it’s some place that I would like to go. It sounds like it’s a little bit bigger than that, but it’s apparently a very scenic and picturesque place that people like to go to and go hunting or canoeing on the Thames. It’s set in Marlow in the UK, which is a real town in the UK. So let me talk a little bit about the main characters and the location. And now I feel like we’re seeing more and more sleuths and mystery stories that are set in retirement homes or that’s one of the themes of the stories. We’ve always had Miss Marple, who is a little bit older sleuth. So it’s kind of a new, I think this is an upcoming trend: this ensemble cast and also that one of the characters is a little bit older.
So if you enjoy this, you’ll probably enjoy that book as well.Īnyway. The first one that I read, like this was the Thursday Murder Club, and I talked about that in an episode last season.
It’s got three women who work together with a female Detective Sergeant.Īnd I really enjoy these types of books. Which is a little bit different from the typical amateur sleuth mystery where you have a single protagonist with a sidekick and trying to solve a murder on his or her own.
So the Marlow Murder Club is a type of mystery that I’m seeing more of lately it is an ensemble cast mystery. Judith Potts was seventy-seven years old and entirely happy with her life.” I’ll stop there because we’re going to talk about this a little bit more in depth. The local police don’t believe her story, so she decides to investigate for herself and is soon joined in her quest by two other women. That is, until Judith hears her neighbor shot while skinny dippi Here’s the blurb: Nothing ever happens in Marlow. It’s book one in the Marlow Murder Club series. It was published in 2021 in the UK and in 2022 in the US. I love sharing my favorite mystery discoveries from classic golden age novels to contemporary cozies this episode is all about The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood. I’m also a bookworm who specializes in the mystery genre. I’m USA Today bestselling mystery author, Sara Rosett. Welcome to Mystery Books podcast, where you’ll discover new mystery books and authors.
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