Winner of the 2008 Agatha Award for Best First Novel From deep in the heart of his eighteenth century English manor, millionaire Sir Adrian Beauclerk-Fisk writes mystery novels and torments his four spoiled children with threats of disinheritance.
Tiring of this device, the portly patriarch decides to weave a malicious twist into his well-worn plot.
Gathering them all together for a family dinner, he announces his latest blow - a secret elopement with the beautiful Violet.
who was once suspected of murdering her husband.
Within hours, eldest son and appointed heir Ruthven is found cleaved to death by a medieval mace.
Since Ruthven is generally hated, no one seems too surprised or upset - least of all his cold-blooded wife Lillian.
When Detective Chief Inspector St.
Just is brought in to investigate, he meets with a deadly calm that goes beyond the usual English reserve.
And soon Sir Adrian himself is found slumped over his writing desk - an ornate knife thrust into his heart.
Trapped amid leering gargoyles and stone walls, every member of the family is a likely suspect.
Using a little Cornish brusqueness and brawn, can St.
Just find the killer before the next-in-line to the family fortune ends up dead? Death of a Cozy Writer was chosen by Kirkus Reviews as a Best Book of 2008, nominated for a Left Coast Crime award (the Hawaii Five-O for best police procedural), short-listed for the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery, nominated for the Anthony Award for Best First Novel and was a finalist for the David G.
Sasher, Sr.
Award for Best Mystery Novel.
Praise: A 2008 Agatha Award Winner for Best First Novel An IPPY Award Silver Medalist for Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Fans of English detective work will welcome Malliet's droll debut, the first in a new series.
--Publishers Weekly Malliet's debut combines devices from Christie and Clue to keep you guessing until the dramatic denouement.
--Kirkus Reviews Malliet's skillful debut demonstrates the sophistication one woul.
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