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Each novel is a fiendishly clever, fair-play puzzle in the classic golden-age tradition, packed with red herrings, sharp humour and the sun-drenched atmosphere that made the TV series a global hit. 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Death Comes to Marlow sees the club investigating a death at a lavish riverside wedding, weaving together old grudges and a locked-room style puzzle aboard a grand mansion setting. The Queen of Poisons raises the stakes as a beloved local figure is poisoned, sending the trio digging through Marlow's genteel surface to uncover buried resentments and a killer with an unnervingly detailed knowledge of toxins. Murder on the Marlow Belle rounds off the set with a dramatic riverboat mystery, as a celebratory party turns deadly and a man goes missing overboard, forcing the trio to work fast before the killer strikes again. Across all four books, Thorogood balances sharp, fair-play plotting with genuine warmth, giving readers three richly drawn women whose friendship deepens book by book. 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