The Four Queens of Crime
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- USD 14.99
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- USD 14.99
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In this debut mystery, DCI Lilian Wyles, the first woman detective chief inspector in the CID, is determined to find a killer with the help of the four queens of crime, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham, perfect for fans of Elly Griffiths and Claudia Gray.
1938, London. The four queens of British crime fiction, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham, are hosting a gala to raise money for the Women’s Voluntary Service to help Britain prepare for war. Baronet Sir Henry Heathcote has loaned Hursley House for the event, and all the elites of London society are attending. The gala is a brilliant success, despite a few hiccups, but the next morning, Sir Henry is found dead in the library.
Detective Chief Inspectors Lilian Wyles and Richard Davidson from Scotland Yard are quickly summoned and discover a cluster of potential suspects among the guests, including an upset fiancée, a politically ambitious son, a reserved but protective brother, an irate son-in-law, a rebellious teenage daughter, and the deputy home secretary.
Quietly recruiting the four queens of crime, DCI Wyles must sort through the messy aftermath of Sir Henry’s death to solve the mystery and identify the killer.
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Limoncelli makes a splash with her riotously entertaining debut, which imagines real-life crime writers Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham teaming up to solve a murder in 1938. At the outset, the women, all friends, have agreed to host a fundraising gala for the Women's Voluntary Service as fears rise that Nazi aggression might lead to war. The party is to be held at Hursley House, the country residence of former Conservative MP Sir Henry Heathcote. The festivities turn sour, however, when Heathcote is found dead in his library with a stunned expression on his face. Lilian Wyles, the real-life first female DCI at Scotland Yard, is assigned to the investigation, and she leans on the macabre expertise of Christie and her cohorts to help crack the case. Limoncelli delivers both a shrewd whodunit and an insightful look at the lives and careers of her heroines, with fizzy conversations about each woman's writing style seamlessly woven into their crime-solving. The result is a note-perfect Golden Age pastiche with a satisfying metafictional twist.
