Thank you so much to HQ stories for my copy! That was my Christmas reading treat; and what a treat that was!
Synopsis
Who killed the Mayor? It’s up to the Marlow Murder Club to find out . . .
Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies suddenly during a Town Council meeting. When traces of aconite – also known as the queen of poisons – are found in his coffee cup, the police realise he was murdered. But who did it? And why?
The police bring Judith, Suzie and Becks in to investigate as Civilian Advisors right from the start, so they have free rein to interview suspects and follow the evidence to their heart’s content, which is perfect because Judith has no time for rules and standard procedure. But this case has the Marlow Murder Club stumped. Who would want to kill the affable Mayor? How did they even get the poison into his coffee? And is anyone else in danger? The Marlow Murder Club are about to face their most difficult case yet . . .
My thoughts
Have you met the Marlow Murder Club yet ?
3 answers possible, but only one is acceptable!
A) Yes
B) No
C) Of course!
Judith, Becks and Suzie are back in this third instalment which came out yesterday!
And this time straight away in the very special capacity of “Civilian Advisers” having proven their fine sleuthing skills previously! The Mayor of Marlow has been poisoned during a committee meeting, and only someone who was present in the room at the time could have done it.
The victim was perfect according to everyone – the best, the kindest, none was more altruistic than he was..
So who could have wanted him dead?
Debbie the gloomy accountant?
Jeremy the temperamental architect?
Sophia, the lonely housewife and podcaster?
Marcus the over friendly estate agent?
And who is the anonymous caller telling Judith to follow the money?
I won’t say more as I don’t want to spoil anything and I want to leave you the pleasure to discover the twists and turns yourselves when you pick up your copy!
If you’ve not read the previous 2 books in the series, fear not! You can remedy asap or you can stick to this one, you won’t be lost!
Last but not least, another piece of exciting news: they’re busy adapting book number 1 as a tv show and I simply cannot wait to watch it when it’s released later this year!
About the Author
Robert Thorogood is an English screenwriter. He is best known as the creator of the BBC 1 Murder Mystery Series, Death in Paradise.
Robert was educated at Uppingham School in Rutland and read History at Downing College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge, he toured with the university’s student comedy troupe Footlights in 1993 and was elected President in 1994. Soon after leaving Cambridge, Robert set up a theatre company that toured small theatres and schools, the highlight of which was a production of Molière’s The Miser that he directed and acted in alongside Robert Webb, David Mitchell and Olivia Colman.
Robert wrote for many years – selling scripts to the BBC, ITV and independent film companies – but before 2011 the only script of his that was actually broadcast was a Radio 4 afternoon play called From Abstraction about the life of Paul Wolfskehl.
In 2008, Robert entered the inaugural Red Planet Prize and was a chosen finalist, where he was able to pitch his ‘Copper in the Caribbean’ idea to Tony Jordan. By 2011, when the show was finally broadcast – making it Robert’s first TV broadcast credit at the age of 39 – Robert had become something of a poster boy for ‘never giving up on the dream’.
In January 2014, it was announced that Robert had signed a deal with MIRA Harlequin to write three Richard Poole Murder Mystery novels, with the first being published in hardback in January 2015.
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