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.
Book Info: 400 pages. Publisher: Mountain Leopard Press. Publication Date: 19 June 2025
My Thoughts:
The Six Murders of Daphne St Clair popped up on my radar as soon as I saw the blurb; a 90 year old grandmother living in a care home and confessing to being a serial killer – what’s not to love about that?
There are 2 main characters in this story; Glamorous Daphne St Clair who has just confessed to murdering a beloved resident of her nursing home and admitting he wasn’t the first.. or even the second or third victim. She has actually been murdering men for over 50 years and finally wants to come clean. Ruth Robinson is a young, aspiring true crime podcaster. She’s broke, depressed and has somehow managed to convince Daphne to tell her life story through the podcast. However it soon becomes clear that Ruth has an ulterior motive which could affect her own life quite severely.
It did take me a couple of chapters to warm to the characters and at first I wasn’t sure if I was enjoying the book or not, however it didn’t take long before I fell head over heels in love with Daphne and literally couldn’t put this book down.
Daphne is such a brilliant character. Her sarcasm and wit is so funny and the cutting remarks and criticism is so quick and clever I had a constant smile on my face.
Now obviously I am not condoning mass murder or the behaviour of a serial killer and there are several situations when Daphne explains about her victims and why she killed them, which are heartbreakingly sad and quite disturbing.
Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this story and if you enjoyed The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid you will love this. 4.5 stars.
