The Queen of Poisons

Though Suzie hates meetings, she is ever the hustler and so attends a town planning meeting to pitch her idea for a pod hotel. To everyone’s shock, the mayor of Marlow is murdered before the meeting can commence. When detective Tanika Malik learns that Suzie was a witness, she knows it’s only a matter of minutes before Marlow’s trio of murder-minded ladies—Suzie, Judith, and Becks—begin meddling in her investigation, so this time she brings them in as official consultants. Chaos inevitably ensues as the women run around town making dramatic, often erroneous accusations, but they always get it right in the end. Thorogood presents the third installment in his “Marlow Murder Club” cozy mystery series (after Death Comes to Marlow), with the lovable ladies battling foes as varied as mothers-in-law and murderers. Narrator Nicolette McKenzie returns to the series with the silvery senior voice that listeners have loved. Her expressive performance of the amateur detectives’ antics makes for an upbeat, engaging listen.