Book info

• Title The Queen of Poisons
• Author Robert Thorogood
• Year 2024
• Genre Mystery

Who killed the Mayor? It’s up to the Marlow Murder Club to find out... 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...

Thoughts

Another good read from Robert Thorogood, this Marlow Murder club are really starting to gel together and somehow have found themselves caught up in yet another murder. This time they are given permission to do some investigating, even though they do tend to push it a bit far, but at least that gives them some proper authority to ask seemingly random questions that of course have greater meaning later on. I did not guess the killer and was surprised, so that’s always the sign of a good whodunit.

Rating: 3 / 5