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G.M. Malliet is the author of three mystery series; a dozen or more short stories published in The Strand, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine; and WEYCOMBE, a standalone suspense novel.

Her Agatha Award-winning Death of a Cozy Writer (2008), the first installment of the DCI St. Just mysteries, was named one of the ten best novels of the year by Kirkus Reviews. Subsequent Max Tudor novels were Agatha finalists.

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	Wicked Autumn (Max Tudor, #1) 3.47 avg rating — 7,518 ratings — published 2011 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Fatal Winter (Max Tudor, #2) 3.66 avg rating — 3,779 ratings — published 2012 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death of a Cozy Writer (St. Just Mystery, #1) 3.45 avg rating — 3,533 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pagan Spring (Max Tudor, #3) 3.72 avg rating — 2,718 ratings — published 2013 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Demon Summer (Max Tudor, #4) 3.73 avg rating — 2,132 ratings — published 2014 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Haunted Season (Max Tudor, #5) 3.68 avg rating — 1,970 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death and the Lit Chick (St. Just Mystery, #2) 3.54 avg rating — 1,976 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil's Breath (Max Tudor, #6) 3.66 avg rating — 1,386 ratings — published 2017 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death at the Alma Mater (St. Just Mystery, #3) 3.63 avg rating — 1,364 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Prior's Wood (Max Tudor, #7) 3.66 avg rating — 1,179 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Washing Away of Wrongs: Forensic Medicine in Thirteenth-Century China (Volume 1) (Science, Medicine, And Technology In East Asia)

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“For it was a truth universally acknowledged that a single vicar must be in want of a wife.”
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“Oh please tell me we're not doing the Poirot thing again — the suspects in the library with the candlestick or whatever'.

Max looked at him [DCI Cotton]. 'Fruitcake in this case. And what would you prefer? A car chase? It’s the most efficient way to flush out a killer, as Dame Agatha Christie well knew.”
― G.M. Malliet, A Demon Summer

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“...every year for decades there had been great excitement over the Largest Vegetable competition ("That would be my husband", was the standard comment).”
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Death On Demand (Death On Demand, #1) by Carolyn G. Hart

Carolyn Hart, Death On Demand

21 votes, 32.8%

Wicked Autumn (A Max Tudor Mystery, #1) by G.M. Malliet

G M Malliet, Wicked Autumn

19 votes, 29.7%

In the Bleak Midwinter (Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries, #1) by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter

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The Body in the Belfry A Faith Fairchild Mystery by Katherine Hall Page

Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Belfry

11 votes, 17.2%

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