The Queens of Crime
A 2026 Audie Awards finalist for Best Mystery! This program is read by actor Bessie Carter, best known for her role as Prudence Featherington on the Netflix series Bridgerton. "Narrator Bessie Carter...captures the personalities of the most famous women novelists of the golden age of detective...
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- 0
- First published
- January 1, 2025
- Language
- English
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- 9781250280756
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Finished March 16, 2026
4.25 ⭐ rounded down
- adventurousemotionalfunnyinformativeMedium-paced
Very nice read! Extremely well researched and an interesting exploration of the detective fiction writing community of the time. The author being A Fan is a little too clear at times, ashe authors are all softened a bit; for example none of them are allowed to express any of the bigoted views they openly had irl and cheerfully included in their books. I was also not the best pleased to discover the central plot was <spoiler>a real murder with a fake solution </spoiler>(this was not mentioned until the end notes and I'd rather have known going in) but that's a matter of personal taste.