Death of a Cozy Writer
A St. Just Mystery

Before you dismiss this as tacky light fiction, which I would have done if it didn’t appeal to my mania for country house murders, let me say that it had me laughing aloud on the first page. A dreadful old writer invites his offspring, all of whom loathe him, to his estate to celebrate his engagemen......more

Death of a Cozy Writer was an "okay" read that fell a short of my expectations, but at least never went all the way to being disappointing. For all the humor and comfortingly familiar premise in the line of a traditional Agatha Christie novel, it just didn't have the same gripping suspense or an int......more

What a devious, deliciously twisted tale full of mean, spiteful, unhappy people, a family and story that reminds me too darn much to Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. And if I missed the clues, author G.M. Malliet would make sure you know, alluding to the similarities between Ms. Christie'......more

I love a good 'twee' murder mystery, set in the countryside, normally involve a plodding village policeman and often based around a feuding family. Death of a Cozy Writer ticks all the boxes. Sir Adrian Beauclerk-Fisk is a murder mystery writer who thrives on torturing his four vile children by thre......more