The queens of crime: a novel
(Large Print)
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Published:
[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2025.
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
Large print edition.
Physical Desc:
507 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Status:
9 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
1 copy on order.
1 copy on order.
Description
"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 they're 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"--
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Allingham, Margery, -- 1904-1966 -- Fiction.
Christie, Agatha, -- 1890-1976 -- Fiction.
Detectives -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
France -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- Fiction.
Marsh, Ngaio, -- 1895-1982 -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, -- Baroness, -- 1865-1947 -- Fiction.
Sayers, Dorothy L. -- (Dorothy Leigh), -- 1893-1957 -- Fiction.
Sexism -- Fiction.
Women -- Societies and clubs -- Fiction.
Women authors -- Fiction.
Christie, Agatha, -- 1890-1976 -- Fiction.
Detectives -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
France -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- Fiction.
Marsh, Ngaio, -- 1895-1982 -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, -- Baroness, -- 1865-1947 -- Fiction.
Sayers, Dorothy L. -- (Dorothy Leigh), -- 1893-1957 -- Fiction.
Sexism -- Fiction.
Women -- Societies and clubs -- Fiction.
Women authors -- Fiction.
More Details
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Unknown
ISBN:
9781420522440, 1420522442
Notes
Description
"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 they're 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"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Benedict, M. (2025). The queens of crime: a novel. Large print edition. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Benedict, Marie. 2025. The Queens of Crime: A Novel. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Benedict, Marie, The Queens of Crime: A Novel. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Benedict, Marie. The Queens of Crime: A Novel. Large print edition. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2025.
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