The Six Murders of Daphne St Clair: A Darkly Witty and Unputdownable Debut Thriller to Keep You Hooked in 2026

By MacKenzie Common

Book Overview

Reader's are loving Daphne St Clair:
'I couldn't put this book down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A fresh and witty take on the whodunnit' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I was drawn in from the first few pages and couldn't put it down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'The author's wry voice sings through this modern and feminist murder mystery' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Meet Daphne St Clair:
✅ Glamorous ninety-year-old grandmother
✅ Care home resident
✅ And your new favourite serial killer.

Meet Ruth Robinson: broke, depressed, aspiring true crime podcaster.

When Daphne confesses to killing a number of men throughout her lifetime, she chooses Ruth to produce the podcast reporting her story. Each episode charts Daphne's humble beginnings from the Dust Bowl in Canada to her glittering life in 70s New York - and a string of murders in her wake.

Daphne tells her story. Ruth listens. And edits it.

The public are hooked. Is she a feminist icon taking revenge on bad men? Or just a ruthless criminal? Then, as the podcast finale approaches, it becomes clear that neither woman has been entirely honest with the other. Who has been controlling the narrative?

After all, the truth doesn't always make for the best story...

A darkly witty thriller, sparking conversations around true crime and female serial killers, for fans of Janice Hallett, Bella Mackie and Katy Brent.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1035425769
• ISBN13: 9781035425761
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Mountain Leopard Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Interesting

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story. Daphne St. Clair may be a serial killer with a penchant of getting rid of husbands and lovers with poison (mostly) when she gets tired of them and then making off with their fortunes for a glamourous lifestyle in New York. I was enjoying the podcast, especially with Ruth hinting about her own troubles and looking for the truth about a certain death that she thinks may be the work of Daphne and the reddit posts plus the TikToks about fashion that Daphne may have worn during her various stages of killing through the decades. It was a good point to make about how we tend to glamorize serial killers, until they cross a certain line, but even then there will always be trolls on the internet wanting to use it to create chaos. I will say, sadly it kinda does peter out a bit and I was not quite sure how it was going to go but the end did redeem itself in a way with why Daphne confessed, how things worked out for Ruth and how people mostly are not interested in a woman struggling to make her way in the world, but add in that she was a serial killer, and everyone comes out of woodworks for more. A good point made but sad that that is how it is. If you are expecting a thrilling read with glamour and murders and a serial killer not sorry for what she did, you get that for most of it but then it gets more serious and kinda darker and left me thinking about it. Not what I expected but I think it is a good book.