Attention all armchair detectives: grab your magnifying glasses, sharpen your notepads, and get ready for a new mystery full of your favorite crime solvers.
Queens of Crime Marie Benedict, which should be released in February from the publishing house St. Martin’s Publishing Group, brings together five of the greatest crime writers: Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy, all in one novel. The group must attempt to solve a real-life murder in order to prove their worth to the legendary, naturally male-dominated Detection Club.
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‘Queen of Crime’ Marie Benedict.
Michael Storrings
Imagine jolly old London in 1930. A group of wordsmiths led by the indomitable Dorothy L. Sayers call themselves the Queens of Crime, and their mission is to solve the real murder of a young woman found strangled in a park. Her death can be linked to the highest levels of the British establishment, and many of the details are as juicy and confusing as one of the writer’s twists and turns.
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Of course, as they investigate, the Queens of Crime discover that their powers are far stronger together. But when a killer starts targeting Sayers herself and a long-hidden secret threatens to come out, it throws a wrench into their plan.
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Inspired by true events, the book “brings to life how far five talented female writers will go to be taken seriously in the male-dominated world of letters as they solve a mystery ripped from the pages of their own novels,” according to a statement from the publisher.
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Benedict is no stranger to the works of great crime writers from the past. She is The New York Times and USA Today bestseller author The Mitford Affair, Her Hidden Genius, The Mystery of Mrs. Christie, The Only Woman in the Room, Lady Clementine, Carnegie’s Maid, The Other Einstein, and others.Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict will hit shelves on February 11, 2025 and is available for pre-order wherever books are sold.
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