Welcome to the Website of G.M. Malliet
Author of the Agatha Award-winning DEATH OF A COZY WRITER, the first book in the DCI St. Just mystery series. The second book in the series is DEATH AND THE LIT CHICK.
The third book in the series, DEATH AT THE ALMA MATER, arrives in stores January 2010.
Listen to Nancy Pearl of KUOW.org / NPR radio talking about Death of a Cozy Writer (mp3 file): "G.M. Malliet's Death of a Cozy Writer is a delightful homage to the great novels of Britain's Golden Age of Mysteries."
"G.M. Malliet's hilarious first mystery is a must-read for fans of Robert Barnard and P.G. Wodehouse. I'm looking forward eagerly to Inspector St. Just's next case!"
~~ Donna Andrews, award-winning author of The Penguin Who Knew Too Much
"The traditional British cozy is alive and well. Delicious. I was hooked from the first paragraph."
~~ Rhys Bowen, award-winning author of Her Royal Spyness
"Wicked, witty and full of treats, G.M. Malliet's debut novel has the sure touch of a classy crime writer. More, please!”
~~ Peter Lovesey, recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Crime Writers' Association and Malice Domestic
"Death of a Cozy Writer is a romp, a classic tale of family dysfunction
in a moody and often humourous English country house setting. A
worthy addition to the classic mystery tradition and the perfect companion to a cup of tea and a roaring fire, or a sunny deck chair. Relax and let G.M. Malliet introduce you to the redoubtable Detective Chief Inspector St. Just of the Cambridgeshire Constabulary. I'm sure we'll be hearing much more from him!"
~~ Louise Penny, author of the award-winning Armand Gamache series of murder mysteries
"A house party in a Cambridgeshire mansion with the usual suspects, er, guests — a sly patriarch, grasping relatives, a butler, and a victim named Ruthven (what else?) — I haven’t had so much fun since Anderson’s Affair of the Bloodstained Egg Cosy. Pass the tea and scones, break out the sherry, settle down in the library by the fire and enjoy Malliet’s delightful tribute to the time-honored tradition of the English country house mystery."
~~ Marcia Talley, Agatha and Anthony award-winning author of DEAD MAN DANCING and six previous mysteries
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Author: DEATH AND THE LIT CHICK. Second in the DCI St. Just mystery series (April 2009).
The third book in the series, DEATH AT THE ALMA MATER, arrives in stores January 2010.
DEATH OF A COZY WRITER is set in a manor house outside Cambridge, England, and DEATH AND THE LIT CHICK is set in a castle outside Edinburgh, Scotland.
In DEATH AT THE ALMA MATER, St. Just returns to the University of Cambridge to solve a murder at the fictional St. Michael's College.
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My books are of the "classic," "medium-boiled" variety of mystery. For the best description on the Web of the different types of mystery novels, see the Midnight Ink site for its Mystery Field Guide.
To learn more about me, read my author bio.
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The photo at right was taken at Cézanne's house. The south of France is the projected setting for a future St. Just mystery. (You may be thinking writers have a nice deal, with lots of travel involved. They do.)
The photo at top is not of Cambridge but of Blenheim Palace, near Oxford - "the other place." St. Just may also travel there on police business one day.
Assorted links:
Cambridge map
Oxbridge
Gargoyles and Grotesques
Panoramic views of Cambridge
Author photo at top by Michael Collins; styled by Laural Hargadon
Reviews:
Fans of stylish English detective work will welcome Malliet's droll debut, the first in a new series.
~~ Publishers Weekly (Read the entire review here)
Malliet's debut combines devices from Christie and Clue to keep you guessing until the dramatic denouement.
~~ Kirkus Reviews (Read the entire review here)
Death of a Cozy Writer is a book anyone who cut their teeth on Agatha Christie’s mysteries will treasure. I read it once for the story, and plan to read it a second time just to savor the language. It’s that good.
~~ Cozy Library (Read the entire review here or here)
"In the second outing for her stalwart police detective, Chief Inspector Arthur St. Just of Cambridge, the author treats us to an absolutely delicious skewering of the world of mystery publishing and its none-too-savory denizens."
~~ Denver Post on Death and the Lit Chick - more reviews here)
