Death Comes to Marlow: The most charming and gripping cosy crime mystery novel full of twists and turns for 2023 (The Marlow Murder Club Mysteries, Book 2)

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When a murder does in fact take place, Judith and her friends must investigate what seems like an impossible murder.

Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). Despite its difficulty, the mystery is still a cosy one, however, meaning that there is very little blood and gore to wade through, although there are a few shocking moments. It’s early December 2022 and the Fairway Players are rehearsing for their latest command performance: a one-night-only production of Jack and the Beanstalk in aid of the local church’s roof repair fund. It will take a mind as sharp as Judith’s, an eye for detail as acute as Becks’ and an imagination as brazen as Suzie’s to get to the heart of the matter and ensure justice is done.Showboat Medical Examiner Margot Heavner makes it clear that, breaking with her department’s earlier practice ( The Bone Collection, 2016, etc. For her part, Judith is certain that Sir Peter was murdered and so determines that they must catch the killer before there’s yet more murder in Marlow. There, the champagne-sipping guests suddenly hear a tremendous crash and, rushing into the house, find Sir Peter crushed beneath a fallen bookcase. With Judith Potts, the principal sleuth among the Marlow Murder Club, author Robert Thorogood adds to the fine tradition of crossword solving lying at the heart of a murder mystery.

Elliot also enjoyed painting but instead of going to art school he had to stay at the auction house. Local police believe his death was an accident—after all, Sir Peter was alone in a locked room when a heavy piece of furniture fell on him.

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. Starting while the corpse is still cooling on the floor, they venture a series of deductions as keenly observant and remorselessly logical as they are unlikely. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. 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. This site has an archive of more than one thousand seven hundred interviews, or eight thousand book recommendations.

Marple), along with Becks the vicar’s wife, and Susie the dogwalker find themselves in a head-scratching, utterly clever country house, locked-room murder mystery.The partners deliver a few punchlines of their own in this fast-moving story that’s replete with twists and danger. Biography: Robert Thorogood is the creator of the hit BBC One TV series Death in Paradise, and he has written a series of spin-off novels featuring DI Richard Poole. Before he died, it seems, Felix Vodyanov was linked to a passenger ferry that sank in 1994, an even earlier U. On foreign soil, “officially and legally” they cannot gather evidence, question witnesses, or make arrests.

Given that the study was locked from the inside and the key is found in Sir Peter’s pocket, the local police are quick to label his death an unfortunate accident, although former Marlow Murder Club collaborator Detective Sergeant Tanika Malik is not quite convinced. Judith isn’t super familiar with Sir Peter so she finds it odd when he invites her and even more odd when he reacts strangely to her joke of hoping no one gets murdered at his wedding. When Sir Peter Bailey, a wealthy Marlow resident, offers Judith a last-minute invitation to his pre-wedding festivities, something about the gesture makes Judith uneasy.He invites her to his pre-wedding party that afternoon, ostensibly so that he can thank her for solving a series of local murders the year before, although Judith immediately discerns that there is far more to the invitation than meets the eye. After the argument breaks up and both Sir Peter and Jenny head into the house, Judith, Suzie and Becks speak to Tristram and attempt to uncover the reasoning behind Sir Peter’s desire for Judith to attend the party.