So stilted it felt like a murder mystery parody

[ad_1] When it hit shelves in early 2021, Death in Paradise creator Robert Thorogood’s The Marlow Murder Club was the latest book to be categorised within the overstuffed subgenre of “cosy crime”. Released just months after Richard Osman’s similarly titled The Thursday Murder Club, it wasn’t just the red and black cover lettering the novels…

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13 best TV shows to watch in March 2024

[ad_1] Mary and George Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine as Mary and George Villiers (Photo: Sky) i critic Rachael Sigee calls Sky’s spicy historical drama “a dazzling riot of bonking and betrayal“. She’s not wrong – there’s a lot of sex going on in this sweary, saucy series. It tells the story of Mary Villiers…

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