As an avid fan of the Masterpiece Mystery production of The Marlow Murder Club on PBS, I jumped at the chance to read the fourth book in the series (my first), Murder on the Marlow Belle. Reading Robert Thorogood’s words on the page instead of watching the series onscreen is even better!
By this installment, our amateur sleuths – Judith, Becks and Suzie – have a bit of a reputation in their bucolic riverside town for solving crimes – especially murder. So it wasn’t much of a surprise for Verity Beresford to show up at Judith’s door after her husband hadn’t come home the previous night.
Once local theatre director Oliver Beresford’s body was discovered, much to DI Tanika Malik’s superiors’ chagrin, our dynamic trio dives smack into the middle of an investigation into an “impossible” murder during a celebratory Thames excursion aboard the Marlow, with Judith joining the cast of the current production of the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society.
Thorogood is ingenious in weaving a thoroughly intricate and satisfying mystery with a plethora of suspects, humor, heart, and revealing secrets – not only involved with the murders but our main characters, as well.
I highly recommend Murder on the Marlow Belle to fans of Thorogood’s shows – The Marlow Murder Club, Death in Paradise, Beyond Paradise and Return to Paradise, as well as fans of cozy and British mysteries. I received an advanced reader copy of Murder on the Marlow Belle from Poisoned Pen Press, courtesy of NetGalley.
Order online or buy now at your favorite independent bookstore. Mine is Sellers Books and Art in Jim Thorpe, PA.
Review by Di Prokop, More Mystery Please
By this installment, our amateur sleuths – Judith, Becks and Suzie – have a bit of a reputation in their bucolic riverside town for solving crimes – especially murder. So it wasn’t much of a surprise for Verity Beresford to show up at Judith’s door after her husband hadn’t come home the previous night.
Once local theatre director Oliver Beresford’s body was discovered, much to DI Tanika Malik’s superiors’ chagrin, our dynamic trio dives smack into the middle of an investigation into an “impossible” murder during a celebratory Thames excursion aboard the Marlow, with Judith joining the cast of the current production of the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society.
Thorogood is ingenious in weaving a thoroughly intricate and satisfying mystery with a plethora of suspects, humor, heart, and revealing secrets – not only involved with the murders but our main characters, as well.
I highly recommend Murder on the Marlow Belle to fans of Thorogood’s shows – The Marlow Murder Club, Death in Paradise, Beyond Paradise and Return to Paradise, as well as fans of cozy and British mysteries. I received an advanced reader copy of Murder on the Marlow Belle from Poisoned Pen Press, courtesy of NetGalley.
Order online or buy now at your favorite independent bookstore. Mine is Sellers Books and Art in Jim Thorpe, PA.
Review by Di Prokop, More Mystery Please
