SLCL and The Novel Neighbor Host Bestselling Historical Fiction Author Marie Benedict
St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Favorite Author Series and The Novel Neighbor are pleased to host a special event with popular historical fiction author Marie Benedict. Benedict will discuss her highly anticipated new historical mystery, “The Queens of Crime.”
The event will take place on Monday, February 24, 7:00 p.m. at the Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis MO 63131. Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite.
INDIVIDUAL TICKET $35 (Admits ONE and includes one copy of “The Queens of Crime”)
PACKAGE TICKET $42 (Admits TWO and includes one copy of “The Queens of Crime”)
A book signing/photo line will follow the presentation.
Bestselling author of “The Mystery of Mrs. Christie” and “The Mitford Affair,” Marie Benedict presents a thrilling story starring the five greatest women writers of the Golden Age of Mystery.
London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection Club. Led by the formidable Dorothy L. Sayers, the group includes Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy. They call themselves the Queens of Crime. Their plan? Solve an actual murder, that of a young woman found strangled in a park in France who may have connections leading to the highest levels of the British establishment.
Determined to solve the highly publicized murder, the Queens of Crime embark on their own investigation, discovering they’re stronger together. But soon the killer targets Dorothy Sayers herself, threatening to expose a dark secret in her past that she would do anything to keep hidden.
Inspired by a true story in Sayers’ own life, Marie Benedict brings to life the lengths to which five talented women writers will go to be taken seriously in the male-dominated world of letters as they unpuzzle a mystery torn from the pages of their own novels.
MARIE BENEDICT is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of “The Mitford Affair,” “Her Hidden Genius,” “The Mystery of Mrs. Christie,” “The Only Woman in the Room,” and with Victoria Christopher Murray, the Good Morning America Book Club pick “The Personal Librarian” and the Target Book of the Year “The First Ladies.” All have been translated into multiple languages, and many have been selected for the Barnes & Noble Book Club, Target Book Club, Costco Book Club, Indie Next List, and LibraryReads List.
Program sites are accessible. With at least two weeks' notice, accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities. Call 314-994-3300 or contact us.