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The Marlow Murder Club

The Marlow Murder Club, Book 1

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The Marlow Murder Club

By: Robert Thorogood
Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
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To solve an impossible murder, you need an impossible hero…

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…

©2021 Robert Thorogood (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Cosy Crime Crime Fiction Domestic Thrillers Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Murder Mystery Small Town & Rural Thriller & Suspense Fiction Comedy Scary Suspense
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I enjoyed listening to this but didn’t feel it had much depth or range to it.

Enjoyable but quite a linear storyline

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The story was OK but the writing just irked me. Example - a statement is followed by a reverse question: ‘you did?’ ‘you do’ etc. It really got on my nerves! And often things happened but were not followed up e.g. the vicar’s wife drank multiple drinks but we are not told how she got home safely. I realise this is nit-picking but.....
I read the reviews of the author’s other books so had high hopes but was disappointed with this one.

So many loose ends ....

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The Marlow Murder club really is excellent and a very good listen. Judith, Suzy and Becks aren’t the likeliest of friends or heroines and yet they are each warm, well rounded, interesting and believable with each having the scope to develop as characters. Looking forward to the second instalment.

Excellent!

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I didn't dislike the book, but I also would never go back to listen again. There was very little tension and a lot of what happened was predictable. The narrator seems like she should have worked well but everyone other than the main character sounded alike, there was so little distinction.

I also never developed any kind of deep affection for the characters as I have in other similar books. Even the three main characters felt more one-dimensional than like fully fleshed out people. I don't have enough interest in these three to carry on with further books.

Enjoyable, but bland

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The concept is good and I listened to the end but there was no spark. I don’t think the narration helped; the diction was excellent but the voice conveyed very little sense of drama. Next time I’ll listen to the whole sample before ordering!

Just not for me.

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