Welcome to the Website of G.M. Malliet
Author: DEATH OF A COZY WRITER (Winner, Malice Domestic Grant). First in the DCI St. Just mystery series. Due out July 2008 from Midnight Ink.
"Death of a Cozy Writer, 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
Now available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, Books-a-Million, Powell's, and from the publisher.
Coming soon to your local independent and
mystery bookseller.
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)
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Author: DEATH AND THE LIT CHICK. Second in the DCI St. Just mystery series. To be published April 2009 by Midnight Ink.
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.
Both novels are affectionate send-ups of their respective genres ... because sometimes, murder is a laughing matter.
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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 a bit more about me, click here.
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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.
Author photo at top by Michael Collins; styled by Laural Hargadon
