Death of a Cosy Writer
An utterly unputdownable, cosy murder mystery
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
The first page-turning mystery in the cosy crime series starring Cambridge DCI Arthur St. Just. Perfect for fans of Robert Thorogood, Reverend Richard Coles and M. C. Beaton.
'Miss Marple would approve' Daily Mail
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A family reunion and medieval-style murder? Ever so inconvenient.
Cosily ensconced in his eighteenth-century Cambridgeshire manor, bestselling mystery writer Sir Adrian Beauclerk-Fisk delights in tormenting his four grown children with threats of disinheritance. Then he announces his latest blow - he's engaged to Violet, a beautiful widow with a dubious past.
Money-driven panic soon sets in among the backstabbing brood when eldest son and appointed heir, Ruthven, turns up dead in the wine cellar. Who will win the inheritance sweepstakes? It's a house full of suspicion, greed, vengeful malice - and ample motives for murder. Can Detective Chief Inspector St. Just nab the killer before another heir lands in the family burial plot?
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Praise for G.M. Malliet:
'A superb novel . . . a wonderful read' Louise Penny
'For fans of old-fashioned cozies' Booklist
'Malliet draws the reader in with elegant prose and distinctive characters' Publishers Weekly
'G M Malliet has brought the village cosy into the twenty first century ' Charles Todd
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fans of stylish English detective work will welcome Malliet's droll debut, the first in a new series. When Sir Adrian Beauclerk-Fisk, a pompous cozy author, invites his four grown children to his Yuletide wedding to Violet Winthrop at his 18th-century manor outside Cambridge, none of the four is pleased at the prospect of a young stepmother who could inherit their father's vast fortune. Besides, Violet's considered a black widow who did in her first husband. Soon after Sir Adrian announces during a family dinner that he and Violet are already wed, eldest son Ruthven turns up dead in the wine cellar. Sir Adrian's subsequent murder in his office doesn't inspire tears from either his bride or his first wife. Detective Chief Inspector St. Just and Detective Sergeant Fear of the Cambridgeshire constabulary conduct a lively investigation that underscores how the lack and the love of money might be at the root of society's ills.
