Ken's Reviews > The Marlow Murder Club

Delightfully cozy with a touch of eccentricity.
You know your in for something quirky when the main amateur detective is a seventy-seven year old lady who enjoys swimming naked in the Thames each night.

It's during this nightly routine that Judith Potts hears an altercation from her neighbours house that oddly the police just brush a side as possible suicide.
I'd have though a likely murder (which is uncharacteristic for the small town) would have seen the local constabulary jump at the chance to solve...

Instead this invigorates Judith to investigate further.
She's soon joined by Becks the vicars wife and Suzie a local dog walker in an attempt to solve the case.

One of the prevalent themes running through the book is Judith's role as a crossword setter for The Times.
The clues are easily presented to them, it's just trying to figure out the obvious connection.

'Two girls, one on each knee' - Roger Squires.
I'm terrible when it comes to crosswords and as Judith cites this famous example I was none the wiser until she revealed the meaning.

That brilliant captures the whole tone of this mystery, I was delightful suprised with the solution.
It's always the seemingly unimportant clue that ends up being so vital.