Captivating Whodunnit British Murder Mystery Series with a twist of poison!
Hugely popular author makes this beautiful historic city of Cambridge, England, leap off the page, with the eccentric Professor of poisons, Elizabeth Green, in this English crime fiction series.
What the fast-growing number choosing the popular Cambridge Murder Mysteries have to say...
"Murder in Cambridge? Check out the novel by local author @queencharlot...a truly gripping read!" Cambridge Literary Festival @camlitfest Twitter
"If you love Darwin College Cambridge & murder mystery books Alumna @queencharlot novel Poison is made for you!"Darwin College, Cambridge @DarwinCollege Twitter
"A clever tale, well written, nice strong characters with an interesting blend of personalities. Everyone has strengths and frailties which makes them well-rounded and believable. If you like a mystery that is a well told story, not just a collection of horrors, then this could be the book and the series for you" Amazon review
The plot When junior lecturer Edward Wiley dies a horrifically painful death and police pathology cannot establish the cause of death, amateur sleuth Professor Elizabeth Green is desperate to help, especially with the crime scene being her own back garden by the river. A professor of poisons, Professor Green is determined to find the murderer before there is more death on the cobbles of Cambridge.
When the Dean of Bene't's College seems to be involved, when other Fellows keep tight-lipped, and even Inspector Abley is spending too much time on the golf course instead of investigating, it feels like the killer will strike again.
Following another grisly murder, a tense Inspector Abley realises he can't solve this crime without Elizabeth. With people dropping like flies and dead bodies increasing in number, Elizabeth's unbridled curiosity embroil this meddling sleuth right in the heart of this mysterious thriller of a case in this historic city.
The Series The Cambridge Murder Mysteries series feature an amateur sleuth Professor Elizabeth Green, and her sidekicks Inspector Abley and grandson, Godric. As the series unfolds, we learn more about these characters.
If you like crime fiction, murder mysteries, whodunnits, women sleuths, traditional British detective stories, then you might like these books in the series: Bk1 'Poison', Bk2 'Cursed', Bk3 'Blood Moon', Bk4 'A Christmas Mystery', Bk5 'Valentine's Day – Kiss of Death', and the novella 'Christmas Eve in Grantchester'.
Or, if you just like a good mystery set in Cambridge with all the quirky peculiarities of the English, then the Cambridge Murder Mysteries might be for you too.
If you enjoy intelligent storytelling, strong and vulnerable characters with twists and turns of the plot, then you'll love the puzzles of these whodunnits.
Charlot's fondness for Cambridge is replicated in her series, which has been described as evocative and authentic of this historic English city.
And what of Professor Elizabeth Green? In her fifties, this female protagonist woman sleuth is quintessentially English. An eccentric professor in her ivory tower, she maintains a sharp wit, yet is flawed by her inability to connect well with people, instead giving off a cold, opinionated and sometimes acerbic air. Though very kind to all animals (dogs, cats and the rest!) - a vegan - and a great gardener, in truth she keeps her friends close, and only lets a few dear people into her world.
Pick up this page-turning whodunnit series in the tradition of Agatha Christie and Miss Marple, Colin Dexter and Inspector Morse or Dorothy Sayers and Lord Peter Wimsey, and a murder mystery fuelled by poison in the dark alleys of Cambridge today!
