Review: The Queen of Poisons

The Queen of Poisons by Robert Thorogood
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Mayor of Marlow dies during a town council meeting and traces of aconite are found in his coffee.  Aconite is known as the queen of poisons because of its toxicity.  Before Judith, Suzie, and Becks can meddle too far, they are brought in as civilian advisors to the police and the trio begin to investigate, even if they don’t follow normal police procedures.  This case appears to be more complicated than at first glance and the Marlow Murder Club must pull out all the stops to find the killer.  Who would want to kill the mayor?  Is anyone else on the murderer’s radar?

The Queen of Poisons is the third book in The Marlow Murder Club series.  These characters are so much fun to read about and even though it had been months since I read the second book, I was easily able to remember the quirks of each of these ladies and jump full tilt into this new mystery.  Thorogood has created a town with characters that most readers can relate to and another story that was hard to put down.  Although this could be read and enjoyed on its own, readers will have more fun if they read the books in order.

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