Death in Cornwall

Name: Death in Cornwall
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: G. M. Malliet
ISBN: 9781666534658

Author: G. M. Malliet

Series: St. Just Mysteries #4

Narrator: Lorna Bennett

Unabridged: 11 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 01/18/2022

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Cozy, Police Procedural, Traditional British

Synopsis

To celebrate their engagement, DCI Arthur St. Just and Portia De’Ath visit the quiet village of Maidsfell in Cornwall. Upon arriving, they find the villagers in an uproar over plans to redevelop the local seafront. The fishermen want to build a new slipway to aid their business, but many residents worry it will spoil the view for the tourists who help drive the economy. After a heated village meeting on the issue, St. Just overhears an argument involving Lord Bodwally, an unpopular aristocrat staunchly opposed to the plans. Later, Bodwally’s lifeless body is discovered. It’s murder. Although Bodwally was disliked, who’d go so far as to kill him? St. Just, although an outsider from Cambridge, feels compelled to help local authorities investigate. Is Bodwally’s death linked to the seafront, his suspect business dealings, or a secret from the past? One thing is certain: the fallout threatens to change Maidsfell forever.

About G. M. Malliet

G.M. Malliet is an American mystery writer. She attended Oxford University and holds a graduate degree from the University of Cambridge. Her first series, the St. Just Mysteries, is set there, and its first book, Death of a Cozy Writer, won a Malice Domestic Grant and an Agatha Award. Her second series, the Max Tudor Mysteries, features a former MI5 agent-turned-vicar.

About Lorna Bennett

Lorna Bennett is a classically trained British actor and audiobook narrator. An alumna of the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, she has worked internationally in film, TV, theater, and voiceover, with screen credits including New Amsterdam, Torchwood, and Stuart: A Life Backwards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sher

A disappointment. Though I didn’t fully realize this was a fourth in the series, it works as a stand alone. I believe the horrible narration had something to do with the book and would consider listening to an earlier installment of this detective if narration is different or print book is available.......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne

I read the first three book in this series years ago, and I liked them OK. But I discovered G.M. Malliet’s other series, the one featuring MI-5 agent-turned-Anglican vicar Max Tudor, and I never looked back. I had forgotten about Detective Chief Inspector Arthur St. Just, and I thought so had Mallie......more

Goodreads review by Robin

I was (am) a giant fan of Malliet’s Max Tudor series. I had always been aware of the St. Just series, but had never read one, and I am now a giant fan of this series as well. There are really very few practitioners of the traditional British detective novel working at the moment, and Malliet is one......more

Goodreads review by First Clue

For more crime fiction reviews, visit First Clue [URL not allowed] and subscribe to our weekly newsletter. It’s been over a decade since we’ve heard from Cambridge DCI Arthur St. Just and criminologist cum mystery writer Portia De’Ath, now his fiancé. In coastal Cornwall for a......more