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**Fiendishly clever.* **** —Kirkus Reviews*** **Judith and Co have to bring all their bonkers interview techniques and leaps of logic into play to uncover the truth.* *— * ** Crime Fiction Lover*** *BBCOne* show creator of *Death in Paradise,* Robert Thorogood delights in giving the Christie-mystery a busy-body twist. Judith (our favorite skinny-dipping, whiskey-sipping, crossword puzzle author), along with Becks the vicar’s wife, and Susie the dogwalker find themselves in a head-scratching, utterly clever country house, locked-room murder mystery. Holiday festivities are now January doldrums when Judith gets a call—Sir Peter Bailey, a prominent Marlovian is inviting notable citizens to his house the day before his wedding to celebrate. Judith decides to go—after all, it’s a few houses up the Thames and free champagne, for sure. During the party, a loud crash inside stops the festivities. The groom-to-be has been crushed to death in his study. The door was locked from the inside so the police say suicide, obviously. **Friends. Sir Peter cannot be left for dead like that…Judith and the Marlow Murder Club are on the case.** **Next in series from 2023 EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE, LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN AWARD for *Marlow Murder Club*** **Readers love *The Marlow Murder Club* :** *A delightful story that involves an unlikely trio of amateur detectives. Loved the English setting the quirky characters.* *A very cleverly-constructed puzzle. Definitely worth reading!* *Excellent mystery!*