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"Rarely have I read descriptions that have left me gasping, in both their hilarity and their painful truth. A wonderful read."
~ Louise Penny, author of the Inspector Gamache mysteries

G.M. Malliet, author of the Max Tudor and St Just series

Nominated for a 2025 Anthony Award for best anthology.

A new short story eBOOK, set in WWII California.

DCI St. Just #6

January 2025. Fast-paced, twisty suspense inspired by true crime.

Bookworm: Revenge is Sweet. January 2025. Short story - Macavity Award Finalist.

Augusta Hawke #2

Short story "Fear of Missing Out" in Midsummer Mysteries anthology from the Crime Writers Association. "One of the most riveting stories in the collection" ~ KRISTOPHER ZGORSKI

Max Tudor #8

St. Just #5

Max Tudor returns with THE WASHING AWAY OF WRONGS (Max Tudor #8) from HACHETTE / LITTLE, BROWN.

From the series named "Best Mystery of the Year" by Library Journal and The Boston Globe.

Audio now available from Dreamworks, Michael Page narrating.


G.M. Malliet is the author of the Max Tudor novels WICKED AUTUMN, A FATAL WINTER, PAGAN SPRING, and A DEMON SUMMER, all shortlisted for the AGATHA AWARD for best traditional mystery.

She also wrote the AGATHA AWARD-winning DEATH OF A COZY WRITER, the first book in the DCI St. Just mystery series, chosen by Kirkus Reviews as one of the Best Books of 2008.

The St. Just series continues with DEATH IN CORNWALL (2022) and DEATH IN PRINT (2023). A new series starring crime writer Augusta Hawke launched in July 2022, and the Max Tudor series continues in 2023 with THE WASHING AWAY OF WRONGS from Hachette / Little, Brown.

"A DEMON SUMMER makes the case that [Malliet] may be the best mystery author writing in English at the moment (along with Tana French). She's certainly the most entertaining..." Cleveland.com

Louise Penny on WICKED AUTUMN: "A superb novel! Filled with humor and insight, G.M. Malliet creates a fabulous setting in Nether Monkslip and a great series hero in Father Max Tudor. Rarely have I read descriptions that have left me gasping, in both their hilarity and their painful truth. A wonderful read."

Rhys Bowen on DEATH OF A COZY WRITER: "The traditional British cozy is alive and well. Delicious. I was hooked from the first paragraph."

Charlaine Harris on the Max Tudor novels: "G.M. Malliet has crafted the English village of our dreams.”

Marilyn Stasio of The New York Times: "a charming series."

Also by G.M. Malliet: WEYCOMBE, a standalone novel of suspense. Like the Max Tudor books it is set in an English village, but it offers a darker take on village life.

G.M. Malliet is also the author of many short stories published in mystery anthologies and in The Strand and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.


Praise for WICKED AUTUMN, the first of seven Max Tudor novels:

"A superb novel! Filled with humor and insight, G.M. Malliet creates a fabulous setting in Nether Monkslip and a great series hero in Father Max Tudor. Rarely have I read descriptions that have left me gasping, in both their hilarity and their painful truth. A wonderful read."
~~ Louise Penny, Agatha award–winning author of the Armand Gamache mysteries

"One of the most delightful English village mysteries I’ve read since Agatha Christie stopped writing about Saint Mary Mead. G.M. Malliet’s sly allusions to both Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot will make Christie fans chuckle, but Nether Monkslip is no village that time forgot—not with its new age citizenry and a vicar who’s a dishy ex-MI5. Highly recommended."
~~ Margaret Maron, Edgar, Anthony, Agatha winner, and author of CHRISTMAS MOURNING

"A contemporary and deliciously wicked homage to Agatha Christie's village mysteries, with an equally delicious hero who is infinitely sexier than Miss Marple. Once readers meet handsome, intelligent, witty MI5 spy-turned-Anglican priest Max Tudor, they'll be searching their maps for the village of Nether Monkslip!"
~~ Deborah Crombie, New York Times bestselling author of NECESSARY AS BLOOD

"Hugely funny, exquisitely well written, Wicked Autumn is a tongue-in-cheek village mystery to be savored. G.M. Malliet's arch tone and wry humor make her a writer to be treasured."
~~ Julia Spencer-Fleming, bestselling author of ONE WAS A SOLDIER

"G. M. Malliet has brought the village cozy into the 21st century—where else could the Vicar be retired from MI5? Written with dry humor and a wickedly accurate portrait of the modern English village, WICKED AUTUMN is a refreshing and fun read for everyone who loves a really good murder."
~~ Charles Todd, NY Times Best-selling author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge Series

Reviews:

“Entertaining . . . Fans of witty female amateur sleuths should pick this up.”
―Publishers Weekly on INVITATION TO A KILLER (Augusta Hawke)


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."

~~ The Denver Post on Death and the Lit Chick - more reviews here)K c

Augusta Hawke. New mystery series. Hardback & eBook: July 2022. Paperback: March 2023.

DEATH IN CORNWALL, St. Just #4 Discover everywhere in bookshops and online.

"Jane Austen meets Agatha Christie. Wickedly funny." ~~ Hallie Ephron; "A fabulous whodunnit." ~~ Fresh Fiction

Special Edition with author essay and book club questions

Standalone suspense. "...a gripping whodunit clothed in Miss Marple garb." - Mystery Scene Magazine

"...deftly skewers the Hollywood high life" - Kirkus Reviews

"...lovely prose and wicked humor" - Richmond Times-Dispatch

2015 Agatha Award Nominee
"A DEMON SUMMER makes the case that [Malliet] may be the best mystery author writing in English at the moment (along with Tana French). She's certainly the most entertaining..." Cleveland.com

"Plenty of wry humor" - Publishers Weekly
(Starred Review)

"Artfully plotted" - Library Journal
(A Best Mystery of 2012)

"Superb" - Library Journal (A Best Mystery of 2011)

"Elegant" - Booklist

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"Delicious" - Mystery Scene Magazine

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"Stylish" - Publishers Weekly

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