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The Queens of Crime
The Queens of Crime: A Novel | Marie Benedict
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie returns with a thrilling story of Christies legendary rival Dorothy Sayers, the race to solve a murder, and the power of friendship among women. London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection Club. Led by the formidable Dorothy L. Sayers, the group includes Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy. They call themselves the Queens of Crime. Their plan? Solve an actual murder, that of a young woman found strangled in a park in France who may have connections leading to the highest levels of the British establishment. May Daniels, a young English nurse on an excursion to France with her friend, seemed to vanish into thin air as they prepared to board a ferry home. Months later, her body is found in the nearby woods. The murder has all the hallmarks of a locked room mystery for which these authors are famous: how did her killer manage to sneak her body out of a crowded train station without anyone noticing? If, as the police believe, the cause of death is manual strangulation, why is there is an extraordinary amount of blood at the crime scene? What is the meaning of a heartbreaking secret letter seeming to implicate an unnamed paramour? Determined to solve the highly publicized murder, the Queens of Crime embark on their own investigation, discovering theyre stronger together. But soon the killer targets Dorothy Sayers herself, threatening to expose a dark secret in her past that she would do anything to keep hidden. Inspired by a true story in Sayers own life, New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict brings to life the lengths to which five talented women writers will go to be taken seriously in the male-dominated world of letters as they unpuzzle a mystery torn from the pages of their own novels.
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The Queens of Crime: A Novel | Marie Benedict
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This is a mystery set in 1931 and features 5 real female mystery writers as characters, including Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, who narrates the story. When the group are dismissed as not up to snuff at a detective writers club for simply being female, they decide to solve a real mystery. This was a fun story, and I really enjoyed it, as will I think anyone who loves the classic mysteries of that era. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. 4/5

TiredLibrarian Glad you liked it! I'm reading this with a book group in April. 6d
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Reecaspieces
Reecaspieces
The Queens of Crime: A Novel | Marie Benedict
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💙📚REVIEW IS UP!💙📚

⭐️⭐️THE QUEENS OF CRIME⭐️⭐️

⭐️⭐️QUICK THOUGHTS⭐️⭐️

⭐️Based on a true crime

⭐️Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers are characters…ENOUGH SAID!

https://reecaspieces.com/2025/02/13/queens-of-crime-by-marie-benedict-macmillana...

TiredLibrarian Reading this with a book group next month. Glad you liked it! 1w
Reecaspieces @TiredLibrarian it is a bit different but I loved the characters! It reads like an Agatha novel. So it can be a bit slow. But I loved the change of pace for me. 5d
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SilversReviews
SilversReviews
The Queens of Crime: A Novel | Marie Benedict
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Mehso-so

How can a lady‘s detective group prove that they are as good as a group of male detectives?

In the year 1931 women were deemed not as capable as men.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/2nwedhnm

Lsmoore43 I loved this book. Very nice review. 2w
TiredLibrarian I was hoping for better since I have to read it with a book group. Oh well. 2w
SilversReviews @Lsmoore43 Thanks, and thanks for your comment. (edited) 2w
SilversReviews @TiredLibrarian You may enjoy it. It just didn‘t work for me. Thanks for your comment. 2w
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Lsmoore43
Lsmoore43
The Queens of Crime: A Novel | Marie Benedict
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My favorite line from this book is: “You saw what I wanted you to see and what you expected to see. Things are not always as they appear.“

The main characters in this book are: Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, Baroness Emma Orczy, Margery Allingham, and Ngaio Marsh. Five authors from 1931.
This book is very good.

Full review: https://lsmoore49.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-queens-of-crime-by-marie-benedict.htm...

Bookwormjillk Sounds like a good one! 2mo
Lsmoore43 @Bookwormjillk It was. 1mo
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suvata
suvata
The Queens of Crime: A Novel | Marie Benedict
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Thank you #StMartinsPress and #NetGalley for providing this #ARC Advance Reading Copy. The expected publication date is February 11, 2025 • 4 Stars

“The Queens of Crime” by Marie Benedict is a historical fiction set in 1930s London, where five renowned women mystery writers secretly form the Queens of Crime to solve an actual murder mystery, inspired by real events. ⬇️

suvata The group, including Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie, tackles the case of May Daniels, a nurse found dead under mysterious circumstances in France. Their quest intertwines their fictional detective skills with real-life investigation, aiming to prove their mettle against the male-dominated Detection Club. The story explores themes of female empowerment, camaraderie, and the fight for recognition in a patriarchal society. 5mo
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