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    A Demon Summer: A Max Tudor Mystery

    Written by G.M. Malliet

    Narrated by Michael Page

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    Someone has been trying to poison the 15th Earl of Lislelivet. Since Lord Lislelivet has a gift for making enemies, no one - particularly his wife - finds this too surprising. What is surprising is that the poison was discovered in a fruitcake made and sold by the Handmaids of St. Lucy of Monkbury Abbey. The powerful Lord complains loudly to the local bishop, who asks Father Max Tudor, vicar of Nether Monkslip and former MI5 agent, to investigate. Just as Max comes to believe the poisoning was accidental, a body is discovered in the cloister well. Can Max Tudor solve the case and restore order in time to attend his own nuptials?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateOct 7, 2014
    ISBN9781633790933
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    A Demon Summer: A Max Tudor Mystery
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    G.M. Malliet

    Agatha Award-winning G.M. Malliet is the acclaimed author of two traditional mystery series and a standalone novel set in England. The first entry in the DCI St. Just series, Death of a Cozy Writer, won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel and was nominated for Macavity and Anthony Awards. The Rev. Max Tudor series has been nominated for many awards as have several of her short stories appearing in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and The Strand. The Augusta Hawke mysteries, of which Invitation to a Killer is the second, are her first novels set in the U.S., where she and her husband now live. www.gmmalliet.com

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    • 2/5
      I am quite a fan of Max Tudor series but this book was a let-down. It seemed to go on and on with an overdose of pointless details in every chapter, intermixed with weak characters. The ending was as boring as the entire plot itself. Hope the next one is better.
    • 3/5
      As Louise Penny does in The Beautiful Mystery, G M Malliet sets the story in a religious stronghold. Malliet sets her story in a nunnery, while Penny set her story in a monastery. Both stories outline the simple life within the walls, and the difficulties that must be avoided. The livelihood of the group demands loss on individuality. Assigned positions remain for life or when the sister can no longer serve. These women live without telephones and televisions, and maintain periods of utter silence. I must admit that not many women are meant for this life of solitude and fortitude. All work and most provisions are found within the walls of this dormitory. Malliet introduces each chapter with one of the Orders rules. Malliet writes lightly of the trials and tribulations of the order of Saint Lucy, but the reader glimpses the undercurrent of a rigorous life. I missed the people from Nether Monkslip, as this latest Max Tudor book focuses on Monkbury Abbey and the Handmaids of Saint Lucy.
    • 3/5
      The hunky vicar, Max Tudor, former MI5 agent, is asked by his bishop to look into some strange goings on at convent near Nether Monkslip. The Handmaids of St. Lucy sell their world-famous fruitcake from Monkbury Abbey. And one of the Abbey’s obnoxious benefactors has apparently been poisoned by said fruitcake. When Max arrives that benefactor and a few others appear to be hanging around the Abbey. Max’s visit to the abbey comes at a bad time for him personally. His lady love, Awena, is about to give birth and they’re planning a marriage ceremony sometime soon. Max is anxious to get back to her and to eventually tell his bishop that he and Awena are not being married in a church ceremony, but in a civil one, along with a “handfasting” that New Ager Awena has planned. To say that A Demon Summer is slow moving would be understatement. Glaciers move faster than the plot. And to take Max away from Nether Monkslip with its wonderfully eccentric characters and thrust him into the Abbey doesn’t help. That said, I did make it to the end of the book, which is a testament to the occasional flashes of brilliance that its author exhibits in her very witty writing. This is only the second book I’ve read of the four-book series (so far), but I plan to read the others – and I remain very much a fan of G.M. Malliet.
    • 5/5
      Being a fan of G.M. Malliet's cozy mysteries, especially the Father Max Tudor series, this has to be the best one yet. The plot was thick and the characters interesting and more complex than appeared at first blush. As Father Max digs deeper into the goings on at Monkbury Abbey you see the gears grinding as this retired MI5 carefully unravels the intrigue and stories of many troubled souls. Save this one for the weekend because you won't want to put it down! Synopsis: Agatha Award-winning author G. M. Malliet has charmed mystery lovers, cozy fans, and Agatha Christie devotees everywhere with Wicked Autumn, A Fatal Winter, and Pagan Spring, the critically acclaimed mysteries featuring handsome former-spy-turned-cleric Father Max Tudor.In A Demon Summer, someone has been trying to poison the 15th Earl of Lislelivet. Since Lord Lislelivet has a gift for making enemies, no one—particularly his wife—finds this too surprising. What is surprising is that the poison was discovered in a fruitcake made and sold by the Handmaids of St. Lucy of Monkbury Abbey. Max Tudor, vicar of Nether Monkslip and former MI5 agent, is asked to investigate. But just as Max comes to believe the poisoning was accidental, a body is discovered in the cloister well.G.M. Malliet continues to delight readers in this standout mystery, the fourth book in her clever and engaging Max Tudor series.