Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

…Meaning I stayed up later than I should have with my audiobook and a jigsaw puzzle. Stopping either one by itself can be hard enough, but the combination–well, I struggle.

On the other hand, that means you get a quick review, so I can return said audiobook before I head off to the library today (although I’ll have to get my car back from being serviced first). I started listening to The Marlow Murder Club when I was in need of something lighter but determined not to just re-listen to an old favorite; I’ve read and listened to parts of other books since starting it, but last night I got to that point in a mystery where you can’t really stop, and while I’m tired today, it’s still nice to have finished it.

I will say, I don’t read a ton of mysteries overall; I tend towards romance when I want something fluffy. I am a devout Agatha Christie fan, however, and so a sleuthing team made up of an older British woman, a vicar’s wife named Becks, and a down-to-earth empty-nester single mother appealed. (Okay, they’re all British women, but that sentence was giving me more trouble than last night’s bedtime could deal with.) Judith, Becks, and Suzie are an unlikely but likeable trio; while their camaraderie may be on the sudden side, they’re both engaging and entertaining together. Robert Thorogood’s red herrings are such that it took me longer to put my finger on the solution than it might have done, and the ending is satisfying (if a touch farcical). Marlow Murder Club isn’t perfect, I grant you, but it’s enjoyable enough that I didn’t really care. Give it a try if you’re interested!