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  • The Marlow Murder Club, Book 1
  • By: Robert Thorogood
  • Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
  • Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (116 ratings)

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The Marlow Murder Club

By: Robert Thorogood
Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
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Publisher's Summary

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES: The Marlow Murder Club will air on 6th and 7th March at 8pm on Drama and UKTV Play

‘A hugely enjoyable murder mystery written with wonderful verve, humour and compassion. Utterly delightful’ Robert Webb

‘Agatha Christie with a modern twist’ Sun

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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

Critic Reviews

"I really enjoyed it. A great escapist yarn from start to finish and a real tonic." (Simon Kernick)

"I love Robert Thorogood’s writing." (Peter James)

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Easy listening

Lovely story about friendship and murder - with many a twist. Nice audio voice too - easy to listen to and follow

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Light hearted

This was an ok story thought it light-hearted about 3 busy body ladies. Pleasant enough to listen to. Made me smile in places. narration fine.

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Loved it

Really enjoyed this book, didn’t solve it myself until almost the end which is always great. Love the characters that the author has created

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Great Story

This was a good read. Thoroughly enjoyable, good plot, some predictable sequences but all in all a good listen. Would recommend

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Entertaining

A lovely story. Lightweight murder mystery, sorted out by three unlikely friends. Beautifully narrated by Nicolette.

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Well plotted mystery

Well plotted mystery with believable characters and descriptions that helped me visualise the scene. I enjoyed it!

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Great Narrator for light hearted tale

Narrator really bought this one to life. She was fun to listen to and made it easy to listen as I drove.
A silly light-hearted murder mystery. A very cliches about older women that were a bit grating. But otherwise an easy going tale.

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Brilliant mystery

Loved the characters and the performance. The story developed and had some twists. Looking forward to the next in the series

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This story is too far fetched

I started of liking the idea of this but the longer I listened the more annoying it became
The narrator I liked a lot.
But the story was just silly...... so unreal.

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Loved the narrator

Story was clunky and silly - the three ‘club’ members prob did a lot of damage to the police enquiry with their interference.
The writing was odd - eg old lady ‘grinning’ as she slips naked into the river for a swim and many more such oddities.
However I kept listening for the narrators voice and mildly enjoyed the story as a result.

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