But is it her dream, or someone else's? Now she will have to decide what she's willing to sacrifice for a real family - her future, her freedom, even her unborn child. Marlene is eccentric, generous with her considerable fortune and overjoyed to become a grandmother. But when she meets her birth mother, everything changes - because the same day, she learns she's going to be a mother too. Abandoned, adopted and living hand to mouth, she never dreamt of having a real family.

I absolutely adored it.' DAISY BUCHANAN, AUTHOR OF INSATIABLE The last thing Anna needs is a baby. I simply couldn't look away.' JANICE HALLETT, AUTHOR OF THE APPEAL AND THE TWYFORD CODE 'So dark and so shockingly, fabulously funny. So dark, so twisted' HARRIET TYCE, AUTHOR OF BLOOD ORANGE 'Superbly written and darkly funny. What if she wants it back? Perfect for fans of MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER, MAGPIE and HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman.She gave you life. Beaton, Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie, and The Unexpected Mrs. Readalikes include The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz, Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. I look forward to a return appearance with The Marlow Murder Club.

The women become friends, though not sharing all their secrets with each other, or with DS Tanika Malik, heading the investigation due to budget cuts. Their favorite suspect, smug auction house owner Elliot Howard, unfortunately has a solid alibi. After another murder with a different medallion, the trio look into whether the victims are linked by a fondness for rowing or a valuable modern painting sold cheaply many years ago. Soon, Judith connects with two other Marlow residents, vicar’s wife Betts and dog walker Suzie, to investigate. The police find nothing, not even the body she discovers the next morning, complete with a medallion inscribed Faith. While swimming one evening, she hears a gunshot in her neighbor Stefan’s garden. She lives in a cluttered mansion along the Thames in Marlow, creates crossword puzzles, has a nightly scotch, walks through her neighborhood in a cape, where she thinks her age makes her invisible, and enjoys swimming nude in the Thames. The Marlow Murder Club by Robert ThorogoodĪt 77, Judith Potts is perfectly happy with her solitary life.

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