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taypoor 's review for:
The Queens of Crime
by Marie Benedict
adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an ARC in exchange for my review!
I really enjoyed this cozy mystery set in the 1930's with all of the great mystery writers that we have come to know and love. Led by Dorothy Sayers the "Queens of Crime" as they dub themselves also includes the authors Agatha Christy, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and the Baroness Emma Orczy.
I thought that it was really fascinating to take these real life authors who pioneered detective and crime novels in the 1930's and give them a sort of origin story. While these authors have already been writing at the start of the novel the group came together out of necessity to prove to themselves and their colleagues that they were as good as they claimed to be by solving the case of a missing woman. Part historical fiction and part cozy mystery this was a great look at what life would have been like for these women in the 1930's in a time where men still held most of the power. This novel is centered around feminism, both in the relationships and support between the five women, but also in the way that they all come together to help May, the nurse who has disappeared and the other girls that they meet along the way.
I really enjoyed this cozy mystery set in the 1930's with all of the great mystery writers that we have come to know and love. Led by Dorothy Sayers the "Queens of Crime" as they dub themselves also includes the authors Agatha Christy, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and the Baroness Emma Orczy.
I thought that it was really fascinating to take these real life authors who pioneered detective and crime novels in the 1930's and give them a sort of origin story. While these authors have already been writing at the start of the novel the group came together out of necessity to prove to themselves and their colleagues that they were as good as they claimed to be by solving the case of a missing woman. Part historical fiction and part cozy mystery this was a great look at what life would have been like for these women in the 1930's in a time where men still held most of the power. This novel is centered around feminism, both in the relationships and support between the five women, but also in the way that they all come together to help May, the nurse who has disappeared and the other girls that they meet along the way.