Dallas Strawn's Reviews > The Queens of Crime

THE QUEENS OF CRIME is Marie Benedict at her very best... In this delicious insightful novel of historical fiction, the reader finds themselves swept into the mind of Dorothy Sayers, a renowned crime writer of the early 20th century, and a group of her fellow writers including a favorite of mine, Agatha Christie, who join together to be known as "The Queens of Crime" as they search to uncover the truth of a murder of a young nurse when the real life detective work has gone shoddy and without answers....

I had so much fun with this novel; it is a truly captivating one. It does lean quite heavy into the fiction than the history I believe.... but the case is just so page turning and Benedict has written all of these women to perfection with marvelous individual personalities that would translate beautifully onscreen. I hope this one gets adapted. My new favorite Marie Benedict novel for sure...!