Murder on the Marlow Belle
A Novel
Sourcebooks · Print & ebook · September 16, 2025
The new cozy crime novel from the bestselling author of The Marlow Murder Club, soon to be a major TV series on PBS Masterpiece Verity Beresford is worried about her husband.
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- Who it’s for
- A brisk, companionable mystery with suspense, humor, and a polished old-school pulse.
- Genres
- Amateur Sleuths, Cozy Mysteries, Women Detectives
- Published
- Sourcebooks, September 16, 2025
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The new cozy crime novel from the bestselling author of The Marlow Murder Club, soon to be a major TV series on PBS Masterpiece Verity Beresford is worried about her husband. Oliver didn't come home last night, so of course Verity goes straight to Judith Potts, Marlow's resident amateur sleuth, for help.
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Oliver, founder of the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society, had hired The Marlow Belle, a private pleasure cruiser, for an exclusive party with the MADS committee but no one remembers seeing him disembark. And then Oliver's body washes up on the Thames with two bullet holes in him. It's time for the Marlow Murder Club to leap into action. Oliver was, by all accounts, a rather complicated chap with a reputation for bullying children during nativity play rehearsals, and he wasn't short of enemies. Judith, Suzie, and Becks are convinced they'll find his killer in no time. But things are not as they seem in the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society, and this case is not so clear-cut after all. The gang will need to keep their wits about them to solve this case—otherwise a killer will walk free…
Why It Clicks
A brisk, companionable mystery with suspense, humor, and a polished old-school pulse.
Come here for
- cozy-mystery ease
- historical setting with a light comic tilt
Expect
- amateur sleuthing
- sustained read, not just a quick case
Where it sits
| Cozy Mysteries | 66% |
|---|---|
| Women Detectives | 53% |
| Amateur Sleuths | 50% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Women Detectives
- Cozy Mysteries
- Amateur Sleuths
- Authors
- Robert Thorogood
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks
- Published
- September 16, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Women Detectives