The Queens of Crime

by Marie Benedict

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Thank you NetGalley. St. Martin’s Press, AND Macmillan Audio for the advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own. 

I was approved for the advanced reader copy as well as the advanced listener copy of this book. I chose to read it rather than listen. 

Another story featuring Agatha Christie, this time as a side character to her rival (though I don’t know how true that is) Dorothy Sayers. 

Dorothy’s formation of the Detection Club, and her championing of suffrage, in a way, leads to the surprise induction of 4 more (one being Agatha herself!) women mystery authors. Together with Sayers, they dub themselves the Queens of Crime. 

When they are overlooked by their male counterparts within the club, they set out on a whirlwind adventure to solve a real murder. 

This story is typical of Marie Benedict- intriguing, captivating and entertaining. 

I took off half of a star because there were some parts of Dorothy’s life that I either wanted more details on or wanted too many details edited out.