Author: Robert Thorogood
Published: January 7th 2021 by HQ
Format: Kindle, Hardcover, 340 pages
Genre: Senior Amateur Sleuth
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: The Marlow Murder Club #1
First Sentence: Mrs. Judith Potts was seventy-seven years old and entirely happy with her life.
Blurb: Judith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow, there’s no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink, and to keep herself busy she sets crosswords for The Times newspaper.
One evening, while out swimming in the Thames, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. 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.
Together, they are the Marlow Murder Club.
When another body turns up, they realise they have a real-life serial killer on their hands. And the puzzle they set out to solve has become a trap from which they might never escape. (GoodReads)
My Opinion: I love an amateur sleuth novel where the main character is not twenty, recently returned to her hometown, has an above-average pet, and is not dating the local small-town detective. Robert Thorogood makes it a pleasure to meet Judith Potts and the members of her murder club.
Following new friends, Judith, a creator of word puzzles, Suzie the dogwalker, and Becks, the vicar’s wife, is adventurous fun. The plot is a bit twisty, but the right kind of twisty. Before you know it, the person you thought was the killer turns out to be so far from correct you are embarrassed to admit it.
By the final chapter, you realize the author has brought you three new favorite characters and a who-done-it that is familiar, and, if you are like me, you didn’t catch on until the end. Thank you, Robert Thorogood, for the surprise and an enjoyable read.
Blurb: Judith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow, there’s no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink, and to keep herself busy she sets crosswords for The Times newspaper.
One evening, while out swimming in the Thames, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. 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.
Together, they are the Marlow Murder Club.
When another body turns up, they realise they have a real-life serial killer on their hands. And the puzzle they set out to solve has become a trap from which they might never escape. (GoodReads)
My Opinion: I love an amateur sleuth novel where the main character is not twenty, recently returned to her hometown, has an above-average pet, and is not dating the local small-town detective. Robert Thorogood makes it a pleasure to meet Judith Potts and the members of her murder club.
Following new friends, Judith, a creator of word puzzles, Suzie the dogwalker, and Becks, the vicar’s wife, is adventurous fun. The plot is a bit twisty, but the right kind of twisty. Before you know it, the person you thought was the killer turns out to be so far from correct you are embarrassed to admit it.
By the final chapter, you realize the author has brought you three new favorite characters and a who-done-it that is familiar, and, if you are like me, you didn’t catch on until the end. Thank you, Robert Thorogood, for the surprise and an enjoyable read.
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