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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
medium-paced
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
I received this book from a StoryGraph giveaway and loved it. The audiobook is fantastic. I loved learning more about each queen of crime and loved them as sleuths. It felt very believable.
Book #31 read in 2025
Who better to solve crimes than the golden age women who wrote about them? The characters are Dorothy L Sayers, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, and Baroness Emma Orczy. As members, some founding of the Detection Club, these women feel the men are questioning their membership, so they form an offshoot group called the Queens of Crime. It isn’t long before they take on their first case. As a fan of these authors and their writing, it was fascinating to read about their process as it may have been – tying the actual crime-solving into how they would write about the crime being solved.
The pacing was a little slower, reminiscent of their own novels, but it did drag a little in the middle. Bessie Carter’s narration of the women was exactly how I would expect them to sound/talk.
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy. All opinions expressed in this review are my own. This novel was published on February 11, 2025.
Who better to solve crimes than the golden age women who wrote about them? The characters are Dorothy L Sayers, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, and Baroness Emma Orczy. As members, some founding of the Detection Club, these women feel the men are questioning their membership, so they form an offshoot group called the Queens of Crime. It isn’t long before they take on their first case. As a fan of these authors and their writing, it was fascinating to read about their process as it may have been – tying the actual crime-solving into how they would write about the crime being solved.
The pacing was a little slower, reminiscent of their own novels, but it did drag a little in the middle. Bessie Carter’s narration of the women was exactly how I would expect them to sound/talk.
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy. All opinions expressed in this review are my own. This novel was published on February 11, 2025.
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
3.5 ⭐️
My first mystery fiction- enjoyed the premise of this!
My first mystery fiction- enjoyed the premise of this!