What do you think?
Rate this book
Kitty Worthington Mysteries #7
Murder at the Jazz Club
Kitty Worthington is thrilled to celebrate her birthday at London’s swankiest club. Dinner, dancing, and listening to the city’s hottest jazz band. How wonderful is that? But then a body drops and ruins all the fun.
London 1924. After solving a difficult murder, Kitty Worthington has become all the rage. Purloined Poodle? Kitty will find it. Nicked necklace? Kitty will get it back. Suspicious suitor? Kitty will make inquiries. A victim of her own success, she’s eagerly looking forward to her birthday celebration at Gennaro’s, London’s swankiest jazz club. Dinner with friends and dancing with her intended, the hunky Chief Inspector Detective Robert Crawford, while listening to the American jazz band and chanteuse who’ve taken the city by storm. What could be more fun?
But as the singer’s smoky voice commands everyone’s attention, an argument erupts between her brother and a marquis. Before long, the aristocrat winds up dead. By morning, the brother’s been arrested. Wrongfully, his sister claims as she begs Kitty to investigate.
The last thing Kitty needs is yet another investigation. But there’s something about the arrest that seems wrong. Determined to get to the truth, Kitty and her band of sleuths are soon searching for answers. To their surprise, they discover an intrigue that implicates a high-ranking noble, and maybe even a royal personage himself. In no time at all, that scoop finds its way to the press, and threats start to mount against Kitty and friends. Can they divine a solution before someone ends up dead?
London 1924. After solving a difficult murder, Kitty Worthington has become all the rage. Purloined Poodle? Kitty will find it. Nicked necklace? Kitty will get it back. Suspicious suitor? Kitty will make inquiries. A victim of her own success, she’s eagerly looking forward to her birthday celebration at Gennaro’s, London’s swankiest jazz club. Dinner with friends and dancing with her intended, the hunky Chief Inspector Detective Robert Crawford, while listening to the American jazz band and chanteuse who’ve taken the city by storm. What could be more fun?
But as the singer’s smoky voice commands everyone’s attention, an argument erupts between her brother and a marquis. Before long, the aristocrat winds up dead. By morning, the brother’s been arrested. Wrongfully, his sister claims as she begs Kitty to investigate.
The last thing Kitty needs is yet another investigation. But there’s something about the arrest that seems wrong. Determined to get to the truth, Kitty and her band of sleuths are soon searching for answers. To their surprise, they discover an intrigue that implicates a high-ranking noble, and maybe even a royal personage himself. In no time at all, that scoop finds its way to the press, and threats start to mount against Kitty and friends. Can they divine a solution before someone ends up dead?
261 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 31, 2023
798 people are currently reading
260 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 22 of 22 reviews
September 11, 2023
Another winner!
I eagerly await the next installment of this series. It has quickly become one of my favorites, a can’t miss read. I adore this family and how they thrive in a time of great change. I so want to be a member of this family!
This story is a conundrum which involves the murder of a peer of the realm in a jazz club. Kitty and company happen to be their celebrating her birthday. While they can’t imagine the secrets and scandals they’ll uncover as they investigate, investigate they will. While this is fiction there are elements of the era that lf I’ve a sense of realism which make the story come alive. I never know what shenanigans Kitty will get up to in each book but I do know I’ll have a great read without fail!
I eagerly await the next installment of this series. It has quickly become one of my favorites, a can’t miss read. I adore this family and how they thrive in a time of great change. I so want to be a member of this family!
This story is a conundrum which involves the murder of a peer of the realm in a jazz club. Kitty and company happen to be their celebrating her birthday. While they can’t imagine the secrets and scandals they’ll uncover as they investigate, investigate they will. While this is fiction there are elements of the era that lf I’ve a sense of realism which make the story come alive. I never know what shenanigans Kitty will get up to in each book but I do know I’ll have a great read without fail!
September 7, 2023
easy read
Nothing thrilling or chilling but I don’t expect that from cozy historical mysteries. I have found myself mentally tripping over all the characters in this series. The fact that many of them have multiple forms of address and or nicknames makes it occasionally confusing.
Nothing thrilling or chilling but I don’t expect that from cozy historical mysteries. I have found myself mentally tripping over all the characters in this series. The fact that many of them have multiple forms of address and or nicknames makes it occasionally confusing.
October 15, 2023
Wonderful story
Loved the characters. How they grow and grow on you. Exciting to read. Loved Kitty and her detective agency. .Sinclair is awesome chzracter.
Loved the characters. How they grow and grow on you. Exciting to read. Loved Kitty and her detective agency. .Sinclair is awesome chzracter.
January 13, 2024
I adore this series, so I was surprised and disappointed that this one did not quite work for me. I loved the beginning but once the investigation got going, I stopped enjoying it as much. I'm not quite sure why. Maybe because the committee wasn't really involved or maybe because I'm not that interested in spies. It just didn't seem as fun this time. Also, I can't explain without spoiling things, but there were some plot points near the end that made no sense to me at all. I guess I can say that both Kitty and the villain did things that they seemed to have no reason to do. It forced the plot along, but there was no point to it that I could see. Especially what the killer did. There were also quite a few typos and at one point someone was called Simone. I think it was supposed to be Monique. Anyways, I love this series so I hope the next book is back to being as good as usual. 3.5 stars.
November 19, 2023
When the music stopped.
New Orleans jazz comes to town and a lord has fallen in love with the charming singer after hearing the band in Paris. When he is killed, her brother is arrested. Kitty believes him innocent and takes on the investigation to find the murderer. Political intrigue causes controls to be placed on her investigation, with her fiancé Robert assigned to oversee her. That won’t go well. The Worthington home grows as other women come to stay and it continues to be the site for meetings of the investigative team. Another good entry is this series with a cast of strong women.
New Orleans jazz comes to town and a lord has fallen in love with the charming singer after hearing the band in Paris. When he is killed, her brother is arrested. Kitty believes him innocent and takes on the investigation to find the murderer. Political intrigue causes controls to be placed on her investigation, with her fiancé Robert assigned to oversee her. That won’t go well. The Worthington home grows as other women come to stay and it continues to be the site for meetings of the investigative team. Another good entry is this series with a cast of strong women.
January 7, 2024
a fun read
Set in the 1920’s in London - Kitty and her socialite lady friends run a detective agency. A murder blights Kitty’s birthday celebration and bang! She’s on the case. I believe this can be read as a stand alone but I highly recommend starting with the first book - to get to know all the characters better. The book contains a riveting mystery with action and adventure and a smidge of light romance.
Set in the 1920’s in London - Kitty and her socialite lady friends run a detective agency. A murder blights Kitty’s birthday celebration and bang! She’s on the case. I believe this can be read as a stand alone but I highly recommend starting with the first book - to get to know all the characters better. The book contains a riveting mystery with action and adventure and a smidge of light romance.
May 9, 2024
LaGina
Another great story from author Magda Alexander about Kitty and the gang! This one was a little different with the Secret Service involved as the gang wasn't as a part of the investigation in the beginning. I was glad to see them able to get together towards the end and work their magic!
Another great story from author Magda Alexander about Kitty and the gang! This one was a little different with the Secret Service involved as the gang wasn't as a part of the investigation in the beginning. I was glad to see them able to get together towards the end and work their magic!
April 20, 2024
Love Kitty and Robert. Love the new character that Robert transform to, cute. Kitty is getting the gist of solving the murder. Love how close she gets into trouble. That's the predicament you get into solving a murder.
October 23, 2024
Enjoyable, quickly-read, cozy mystery. I do, however, have a few quibbles—why, for instance, does Kitty continue to call her friends Lady Emma, Lady Lily, etc.? Since they call her Kitty, rather than Miss Worthington, she should also be on first-name basic with them. And, would a group of young women running a detective agency in 1924 really be believable? When Kitty celebrates her birthday with a party at a jazz club, she never expects to encounter another murder. Robert immediately takes charge, and the singer's brother is taken into custody. But the next day the singer, Monique, hires Kitty to investigate. Unfortunately this time, there are reasons that she cannot involve all of her friends and family, at least to begin with.
September 29, 2025
London, May 1924. Kitty Worthington is celebrating her birthday at Gennaro's, London's swankiest jazz club. The band is from New Orleans, and the lead singer, Monique Gautier, has everyone mesmerized. As the exciting evening comes to a close, shots ring out, and Monique's beau, Lord Rosewood, is dead. When Monique's brother Maurice is found standing over Rosewood's body with a revolver in his hand, he is arrested for the murder. Kitty is eager to investigate, having befriended Monique, to help her clear her brother's name, but she is cautioned by her fiancé, Chief Inspector Robert Crawford Sinclair, that her involvement is hampered by national security secrets. Monique has some surprising secrets of her own, and Kitty takes some dangerous choices that she will come to regret.
April 25, 2025
Murder at the Jazz Club Book 7
Kitty's birthday party is held at a jazz club, and while there, a Lord is killed. Something is going on in the British government and Kitty and Robert are running out of time.
Another adventure and another close call for Kitty, one of the owners of a Ladies Detective Agency.
Kitty's birthday party is held at a jazz club, and while there, a Lord is killed. Something is going on in the British government and Kitty and Robert are running out of time.
Another adventure and another close call for Kitty, one of the owners of a Ladies Detective Agency.
September 5, 2025
tea for two. it had to be you.
Some great songs in this book. It should come with a play list. How many more young es can the Worthington home take in. But Mildred Worthington and I share the same motto - Always room for one more! So in comes Monique, a young chanteuse from New Orleans, whose brother is accused of murder. Kitty and crew figure it all out.
Some great songs in this book. It should come with a play list. How many more young es can the Worthington home take in. But Mildred Worthington and I share the same motto - Always room for one more! So in comes Monique, a young chanteuse from New Orleans, whose brother is accused of murder. Kitty and crew figure it all out.
August 14, 2024
A gentleman at the club is shot dead and the brother of the singer is arrested. Kitty is hired by the singer to investigate. State secretes are involved. A bit to facile for a top score, as usual, but still a fun, above average read.
December 22, 2024
Fun, even though it's murder
That's me thing you can say about these books, they are fun and easy to read. That may be a bit weird when you consider they involve murder, but there are usually a few laughs along the way.
That's me thing you can say about these books, they are fun and easy to read. That may be a bit weird when you consider they involve murder, but there are usually a few laughs along the way.
June 9, 2025
cosy murder mystery
Set in the 1920’s the mysteries are different and the styles interesting. The males are too good to be true, too understanding, too empathetic, all handsome and well off, but then it’s fiction
Set in the 1920’s the mysteries are different and the styles interesting. The males are too good to be true, too understanding, too empathetic, all handsome and well off, but then it’s fiction
October 29, 2023
Entertaining frolic
The twists and turns of the plot keep me reading. When are Kitty and Robert getting married! Soon, I hope.
The twists and turns of the plot keep me reading. When are Kitty and Robert getting married! Soon, I hope.
September 4, 2024
did not finish
December 22, 2024
Read as part of the 52-Book Challenge 2024- Prompt#22: Plot Similar to Another Book
I love these cozy mysteries!!
I love these cozy mysteries!!
July 29, 2025
Listened to audiobook
November 20, 2025
Audio. Another fun, cozy Kitty Worthington book that kept me entertained on my morning walks. More characters introduced, and I feel a few will make return appearances.
December 6, 2023
Another Great Mystery
Kitty and her loving family readily take in women who need help. In this case, a young black jazz singer and a white lord are in love but not everyone approves. He is murdered and the jazz singer's brother, who is also her manager, is accused of the crime. Kitty and her fiance and friends are at the club when the lord is murdered. The young jazz singer asks for Kitty's help. This was a very interesting case that had a surprising ending. Great story.
Kitty and her loving family readily take in women who need help. In this case, a young black jazz singer and a white lord are in love but not everyone approves. He is murdered and the jazz singer's brother, who is also her manager, is accused of the crime. Kitty and her fiance and friends are at the club when the lord is murdered. The young jazz singer asks for Kitty's help. This was a very interesting case that had a surprising ending. Great story.
February 26, 2025
American Invasion via Jazz. At a jazz club called Genaro's, an American jazz band and an eighteen~year~old singer were playing. During an intermission, a shot was fired and pandemonium ensued. While everyone was running away from the club, Robert and Salverton were running toward the perceived origin of the shot. And there, they found the body of Lord Rosewood, a regular and a faithful admirer of Monique's, the singer. The revolver found at the murder scene was Monique's brother's and he was promptly arrested. I found the other layers and nuances in this Mystery riveting and well~woven into its main plot.
Displaying 1 - 22 of 22 reviews