![]() ![]() They are both excellent puzzles and entertaining reads. As you may be aware, Thorogood is the creator of Death In Paradise, one of the only mystery shows on TV that remembers to include actual clues in the plot, and he also wrote four excellent novels based on the show, featuring the original sleuth Richard Poole – A Meditation On Murder, The Killing of Polly Carter, Death Knocks Twice and Murder In The Caribbean – all of which fans of the show, or fans of mysteries in general, really should read. I’ve been a fan of Robert Thorogood’s work since roughly the start of the blog. And she’s certain she knows who did it – apart from the fact that the suspect has a cast-iron alibi. ![]() ![]() Enlisting the help of Suzie, a dog-walker, and Becks, the vicar’s wife, Judith decides that if the police can’t find the killer, she will have to do it. The police find nothing suspicious, but determined to find out what happened, Judith finds her neighbour’s body in the garden with a bullet-hole in his forehead. That would seem to be enough for her, until during a night-time swim, she hears an altercation at a neighbour’s house – and a gunshot. Seventy-seven year old Judith Potts has a settled life, a mostly solitary routine of crossword setting, drinking whisky and skinny-dipping in the Thames in the evening. ![]()
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