This post details the Marlow Murder Club book series, listed in order. This top cozy comedy crime series is by Robert Thorogood, creator of the popular Death in Paradise books and TV series.
The 2-part TV adaptation of the first Marlow Murder Club books will be shown on the Drama channel this Wednesday and Thursday (or catch-up online with UKTVPlay).
For more crime fiction by Robert Thorogood including the Death in Paradise books and TV series, see my posts listed below.
The Marlow Murder Club Mysteries
Author: Robert Thorogood | Publisher: HQ | Audiobook Narrator: Nicolette McKenzie | Genres: Crime, Mystery, Cozy, Humorous | Formats: Kindle Edition, Audible, Audiobook, Ebook, Hardcover and Paperback.
Who would like this series: If you loved Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club and Robert Thorogood’s Death in Paradise you’ll enjoy the escapism of the enjoyable, gripping and funny mystery books in The Marlow Murder Club series.
1. The Marlow Murder Club
Released: January 2021.
Plot: Seventy-seven-year-old Judith Potts is blissfully happy. She lives alone in a faded mansion in Marlow, sets crosswords for The Times, and there’s no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink. One evening, while out swimming in the Thames, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. When the local police don’t believe her story, Judith and two unlikely friends decide to investigate for themselves…
Together, they are the Marlow Murder Club. But soon another body turns up, and it seems they have a real-life serial killer on their hands. Now the puzzle they set out to solve has become a trap from which they might never escape…. [Source: Amazon]
*The Marlow Murder Club Mysteries 1: The Marlow Murder Club available from: UK Amazon | US Amazon | Apple Books – audiobook, eBook, paperback and hardcover
2. Death Comes to Marlow
Released: January 2023.
Plot: 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. The most exciting thing on the horizon is the upcoming wedding of Marlow grandee, Sir Peter Bailey, to his nurse, Jenny Page. Sir Peter is having a party at his grand mansion on the river Thames the day before the wedding, and Judith and Co. are looking forward to a bit of free champagne.
But during the soiree, there’s a crash from inside the house, and when the Marlow Murder Club rush to investigate, they are shocked to find the groom-to-be crushed to death in his study. The study was locked from the inside, so the police don’t consider the death suspicious. But Judith disagrees. As far as she’s concerned, Peter was murdered! And it’s up to the Marlow Murder Club to find the killer before he or she strikes again… [Source: Amazon]
*The Marlow Murder Club Mysteries 2: Death Comes to Marlow available from: UK Amazon | US Amazon | Apple Books – audiobook, eBook, paperback and hardcover
3. The Queen of Poisons
Released: January 2024.
Plot: 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… [Source: Amazon]
*The Marlow Murder Club Mysteries 3: The Queen of Poisons available from: UK Amazon | US Amazon | Apple Books – audiobook, eBook, paperback and hardcover
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