“What’s not to like about a whodunit set in the 1920s?”
I plan to produce all my Marjorie Swallow books as audiobooks this year (2025). My narrator Kim Bretton does a great job at bringing Marjorie and her friends to life.
You can buy via the links on this page, or ask your library to order the audiobooks. If you have the Kindle version of the books, you can add the audiobook at a reduced price – and you can synchronise your reading using the Whispersync feature, so your device will know what page you’re on, whether you’re reading through your eyes or your ears!
Blackmail In Bloomsbury
Everyone at the party had a secret. Someone killed to keep theirs. London, 1922. Draper’s daughter Marjorie Swallow is 24, independent, and determined to live life to the full. A secretarial post with enigmatic American detective Mrs Jameson looks just the ticket. And soon she’s in the thick of it. When the bohemian party they attend ends in murder, there is no shortage of suspects. Half of Bloomsbury wanted Mrs Norris dead – but who wielded the knife?
Review: “I’ve read most of Marjorie Swallow’s adventures but love an audiobook. I enjoyed the reading, the accents were well done, Looking forward to hearing the rest of the series. Highly recommended 👍🏻”
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The Soho Jazz Murders
Flappers meet gangsters in the hottest jazz club in Soho! Step back into the roaring twenties with a captivating mystery set in 1920s London. When a night of jazz and dancing with the American ambassador’s niece ends in tragedy, apprentice detective Marjorie Swallow is thrust into a world of shady cocaine deals and opium dens.
To discover the truth, she goes undercover as a dance hostess at the notorious Harlequin club and confronts the menacing Armstrong brothers. The quest for answers takes unexpected turns, with secrets lurking in the shadows of Soho and closer to home. Join the dauntless Marjorie on her second thrilling adventure in the 1920s Murder Mystery series.
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Death At Chelsea
The prettiest flowers can be deadly…
Detective duo Mrs Jameson and Marjorie Swallow are called to investigate when a renowned garden designer suspects that someone is sabotaging her priceless Himalayan Sapphire Lilies, ahead of the 1923 Chelsea Flower Show.
But soon it’s not just the flowers that are dying. Rival gardeners, intrepid plant hunters and even King George V himself are caught up in a poisonous bouquet with its roots deep in the mountains of Tibet.
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Murder At The Ritz
When Marjorie is summoned to an interview over afternoon tea in the Palm Court, she’s expecting to be grilled about her secretarial skills. But her would-be employer, the mysterious Mrs Jameson, is a private investigator – which comes in handy when one of the guests keels over among the cucumber sandwiches.
Marjorie’s job interview turns into an impromptu test of her detective abilities. Will she get the job? Will they solve the murder? And will Marjorie ever get to try the chocolate fondant cake?
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