The Four Queens of Crime

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In this debut mystery, DCI Lilian Wyles, the first woman detective chief inspector in the CID, is determined to find a killer with the help of the four queens of crime, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham, perfect for fans of Elly Griffiths and Claudia Gray.

1938, London. The four queens of British crime fiction, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham, are hosting a gala to raise money for the Women's Voluntary Service to help Britain prepare for war. Baronet Sir Henry Heathcote has loaned Hursley House for the event, and all the elites of London society are attending. The gala is a brilliant success, despite a few hiccups, but the next morning, Sir Henry is found dead in the library.

Detective Chief Inspectors Lilian Wyles and Richard Davidson from Scotland Yard are quickly summoned and discover a cluster of potential suspects among the guests, including an upset fiancée, a politically ambitious son, a reserved but protective brother, an irate son-in-law, a rebellious teenage daughter, and the deputy home secretary.

Quietly recruiting the four queens of crime, DCI Wyles must sort through the messy aftermath of Sir Henry's death to solve the mystery and identify the killer.

Author: Rosanne Limoncelli
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Published: 03/11/2025
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.53w x 0.87d
ISBN13: 9798892422277
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Historical
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Police Procedural
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Women Sleuths

About the Author
Rosanne Limoncelli is an author, filmmaker, and storyteller living in Brooklyn. She has written, directed, and produced short narrative films, documentaries, and educational films. Rosanne also writes plays, screenplays, poetry, games, mysteries, and science fiction. Her short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Suspense Magazine and Noir Nation, and her short films have been screened in festivals around the world. The Four Queens of Crime is her debut mystery novel. Dr. Limoncelli has taught writing and filmmaking for more than three decades and is the Senior Director for Film Technologies at the Kanbar Institute and the Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.