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The Queen of Poisons
Series: The Marlow Murder Club Mysteries
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The top 10 Sunday Times bestseller NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES. Season 2 out March 2025! ‘I love the audacity of the Marlow gang, those ladies sure know how to live’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Fiendishly clever and a satisfying puzzle to try and solve’ Reader review...
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The top 10 Sunday Times bestseller NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES. Season 2 out March 2025!
The brand-new thrilling cosy crime murder mystery novel from the bestselling author of the Marlow Murder Club series for 2024!
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The top 10 Sunday Times bestseller NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES. Season 2 out March 2025!
‘I love the audacity of the Marlow gang, those ladies sure know how to live’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Fiendishly clever and a satisfying puzzle to try and solve’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A brilliant whodunnit mystery that keeps you guessing’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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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 …
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Praise for The Marlow Murder Club Mysteries:
‘I love Robert Thorogood’s writing’ Peter James
‘Cosy crime at its best’ Crime Monthly
‘Cleverly plotted and laugh-out-loud funny’ Yours magazine
‘The perfect cosy crime to curl up with’ Heat
Series: The Marlow Murder Club Mysteries
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780008567347
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 June 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: HQ
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 240g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Robert Thorogood is the creator of the hit BBC One TV series Death in Paradise. He also co-created the spin-off show, Beyond Paradise, and has written a series of Death in Paradise novels featuring DI Richard Poole. Robert’s first Marlow Murder Club novel, The Marlow Murder Club, is now a major TV series starring Samantha Bond as Judith Potts. A second series is on the way.
Robert was born in Colchester, Essex. When he was ten years old, he read his first proper novel – Agatha Christie’s Peril at End House – and he’s been in love with the genre ever since. He now lives in Marlow in Buckinghamshire with his wife, children and two whippets called Wally and Evie.
Follow him on X @robthor
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