In Prior’s Wood by G. M. Malliet is the seventh book in the Max Tudor series. I’ve been reading G. M. Malliet’s Max Tudor series since the beginning, and I feel that with this seventh installment, she’s really hit her stride with the sly-but-not-unkind humor that leavens an otherwise dark and twisting tale of the inner…
Devil's Breath by G. M. Malliet is the 6th book in the Max Tudor series. I’ve always enjoyed the novels in G. M. Malliet’s Max Tudor series and find that they tend to get better as the series progresses. That said, I haven’t been the good completist that I usually am, and so I want to…
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! Another great week is upon us as we get a new Lisa Scottoline thriller, the 3rd Pete Fernandez mystery from Alex…
Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we welcomed in spring (or we thought we would … ahem, snow storm) with March's releases; this month, we're hoping for warmer weather with April releases! Let us know in the comments how you like…
In anticipation of Devil's Breath (available April 11, 2017), G.M. Malliet's 6th installment in the acclaimed Max Tudor novels, get a digital copy of the riveting series debut, Wicked Autumn, for only $2.99 through the month of March! Louise Penny said of Wicked Autumn, the first book in the Max Tudor series, “Rarely have I read…
The groundhog and awards season are upon us! The Agatha Awards honor the “traditional mystery.” That is to say, books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie as well as others, loosely defined as mysteries that contain no explicit sex, excessive gore, or gratuitous violence. The 2014 Agatha Awards will be given for materials…
A Demon Summer is the 4th book from G.M. Malliet to feature Max Tudor, vicar of St. Edwold’s Church in the town of Nether Monkslip, England. Max Tudor is a former MI5 agent turned vicar, who showed up in the small town of Nether Monkslip to turn many a female head. He is attractive, charismatic,…
Pagan Spring by G. M. Malliet is the third book in the Max Tudor traditional mystery series (available October 8, 2013). In the third installment of the Max Tudor series, our namesake hero is starting to get a little weary of bringing murderers to justice. After all, he retired from MI5 and entered the church…
We know how it is: this time every year, the Malice Domestic conference rolls around and you wish you could go but other obligations get in the way. So this year we’re bringing you a chance to win keeper-shelf hardcovers of some of Malice’s favorite authors: One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming, A Fatal…
A Fatal Winter is the second in G.M. Malliet’s traditional mystery series about MI5 agent-turned-vicar Max Tudor (available October 16, 2012). Oscar, Lord Footrustle, a wealthy old aristocrat living alone (the servants don’t count) invites his extended family to spend Christmas with him at Chedrow Castle, their crumbling ancestral home situated in the quaint English…
