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Death Comes to Marlow
Robert Thorogood
Marlow Murder Club, book 2
You’ll like this if…
A quick taste guide—not a guarantee.
- You like locked-room puzzles.
- A country-house gathering appeals to you.
- You want another case with Judith and friends.
The starting point
A pre-wedding gathering ends with the groom-to-be dead inside a locked study. Judith and her friends suspect murder.
Why consider this one?
The locked-room setup is the main recommendation here. It brings a classic impossible-crime question to the team introduced in The Marlow Murder Club, with a grand-house gathering as the starting point.
A good fit for
Fans of country-house mysteries and locked-room puzzles.
Before you choose
A violent death starts the investigation. Book one introduces the friendships.
Reading order: titles featured here
Follow this path through the books featured on our site. It is not a claim that the series has no other titles.
- The Marlow Murder Club
- Death Comes to Marlow — you are here
- The Queen of Poisons
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Our editorial approach
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Factual source: PBS MASTERPIECE
Checked November 7, 2026 (EST).