More thanks due. Please see @dvaleris's thoughtful review of DEVIL'S BREATH by @GMMalliet--the 6th Max Tudor mystery: bit.ly/2p3Gjw2

Kirkus Reviews on DEVIL'S BREATH: "...it's great to see the return of Malliet's wit in a high-seas whodunit that deftly skewers the Hollywood high life."

I will be reading and signing April 20 at Murder by the Book in Houston, Texas. If you live near there, please stop by. And here is the lineup of many great authors who will also be appearing soon.

Susan Wittig Albert
Sunday, April 9, 2017 @ 2:00pm
Dominic Smith
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 @ 6:30pm
Steve Berry
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 @ 6:30pm
Randall Silvis
Tuesday, April 18, 2017 @ 6:30pm
Greg Iles
Wednesday, April 19, 2017 @ 6:30pm
G.M. Malliet
Thursday, April 20, 2017 @ 6:30pm
Megan Miranda & Jennifer McMahon
Friday, April 21, 2017 @ 6:30pm
Kelly Garrett and Sheryl Scarborough
Saturday, April 22, 2017 @ 4:30pm
Ann Cleeves
Sunday, April 23, 2017 @ 2:00pm

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

Megan Abbott -- YOU WILL KNOW ME (Little, Brown and Company)
Reed Farrel Coleman -- WHERE IT HURTS (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Noah Hawley -- BEFORE THE FALL (Grand Central Publishing)
Laura McHugh -- ARROWOOD (Spiegel & Grau)
Ben H. Winters -- UNDERGROUND AIRLINES (Mulholland Books)


BEST FIRST NOVEL

Bob Bickford -- DEADLY KISS (Black Opal Books)
J.L. Delozier -- TYPE AND CROSS (WiDo Publishing)
David McCaleb -- RECALL (Lyrical Underground)
Nicholas Petrie -- THE DRIFTER (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
E.Z. Rinsky -- PALINDROME (Witness Impulse)


BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL

Robert Dugoni -- IN THE CLEARING (Thomas & Mercer)           
Anne Frasier -- THE BODY READER (Thomas & Mercer)
Paul Kemprecos -- THE MINOAN CIPHER (Suspense Publishing)
Jonathan Maberry -- KILL SWITCH (St. Martin’s Griffin) 
Stephen Maher -- SALVAGE (Dundurn)


BEST SHORT STORY

Eric Beetner -- “The Business of Death” UNLOADED: CRIME WRITERS WRITING WITHOUT GUNS (Down & Out Books)
Laura Benedict -- “The Peter Rabbit Killers” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)
Brendan DuBois -- “The Man from Away” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)                     
Joyce Carol Oates -- “Big Momma” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)                           
Art Taylor -- “Parallel Play” CHESAPEAKE CRIMES: STORM WARNING (Wildside Press)


BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

Pierce Brown -- MORNING STAR (Del Rey)         
Elle Cosimano -- HOLDING SMOKE (Disney-Hyperion)  
A.J. Hartley -- STEEPLEJACK (TOR Teen)
Billy Taylor -- THIEVING WEASELS (Dial Books)          
Kara Thomas -- THE DARKEST CORNERS (Delacorte Press)


BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL

James Scott Bell -- ROMEO’S WAY (Compendium Press) 
Sean Black -- THE EDGE OF ALONE (Sean Black)
Sibel Hodge -- UNTOUCHABLE (Wonder Women Publishing)     
J.F. Penn -- DESTROYER OF WORLDS (J.F. Penn)          
Richard Thomas -- BREAKER (Alibi)

Congratulations to all the nominees.

Lovely review of DEVIL'S BREATH from Open Letters Monthly. My sincere thanks for this:

"Devil’s Breath, like all of Malliet’s novels, has clever plotting, entertaining characters, stylish settings, and a deliciously unorthodox view of the human condition. Plus it is laced with wickedly wry humor. You won’t want to miss this series."