Queen of Poisons

 To round out the weekend I read the newest Robert Thorogood mystery novel, Queen of Poisons.  This is the latest in the Marlow Murder Club series.

Each novel gives the reader a little more information about the main characters, Judith, Becks and Susie.   Judith has a pst she is trying to escape and keep hidden from her friends.  She has to come to an understanding with that past.  Susie has to see that her life is very full and she cannot take on any more projects. Becks is having trouble this time with her mother-in-law, Marian.  Marian has run out of money and wants to move in with Becks, Colin and her kids at the church rectory. Becks will try everything she can think of to entice her mother-in-law to move out.

Again they are invited by the police to help investigate another death.  Susie was at the town council meeting when the mayor took a sip of coffee and fell off his chair dead. Tanika the police detective inspector is called in to solve the case.  She knows that the women will investigate no matter what so she decides to work with them instead of trying to get them stay out of the way.

As Judith and her friends start interviewing suspects they find out everyone has something they are trying to hide.  There are so many red herrings and characters that it becomes a little complicated to keep it all straight. But in the end Judith again ties up all the missing pieces, twists and turns and brings the murderer to justice.

She not only discovers which of the suspects is guilty, she also figures out how they were able to kill the mayor right under the noses of everyone at the meeting.  Another entertaining novel in this series and this time it took me longer to figure out who I thought committed the crime.