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The Marlow Murder Club review: Meet the skinny-dipping sleuth in this delightful homage to Agatha Christie, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS


CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: This tale of three nosy ladies investigating a double killing in their Thames-side town is certain to sell well around the world.

In the case of writer Robert Thorogood's genteel mystery The Marlow Murder Club (Drama), the answer is easy: though there are minor differences between the bestseller and the two-parter, they're equally good. In fact, this tale of three nosy ladies investigating a double killing in their Thames-side town was originally pitched as a TV concept, before transforming into the first in a series of chart-topping books. 'It's not as bad as it looks,' yelped Judith, as armed police burst into a house on the stockbroker belt, to find her cradling a submachine gun and a hand grenade.

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