This event is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine and features books that we are eagerly anticipating. My choice for this week is:
Publisher: Minotaur
Available September 13th
1st in a New Series
Max Tudor has adapted well to his post as vicar of St. Edwold’s in the idyllic village of Nether Monkslip. The quiet village seems the perfect home for Max, who has fled a harrowing past as an MI5 agent. Now he has found a measure of peace among urban escapees and yoga practitioners, artists and crafters and New Agers. But this new-found serenity is quickly shattered when the highly vocal and unpopular president of the Women’s Institute turns up dead at the Harvest Fayre. The death looks like an accident, but Max’s training as a former agent kicks in, and before long he suspects foul play.
Max has ministered to the community long enough to be familiar with the tangled alliances and animosities among the residents, but this tragedy surprises and confounds him. It is impossible to believe anyone in his lovely village capable of the crime, and yet given the victim, he must acknowledge that almost everyone had probably fantasized about killing Wanda Batton-Smythe.
As the investigation unfolds, Max becomes more intricately involved. Memories he’d rather not revisit are stirred, evoking the demons from the past which led him to Nether Monkslip. In WICKED AUTUMN, G.M. Malliet serves up an irresistible English village—deliciously skewered—a flawed but likeable protagonist, and a brilliantly modern version of the traditional drawing room mystery.
When I read about this new series by G. M. Malliet, I was very intrigued. I've read a couple of books in her other series, set in Cambridgeshire. The first book in that series, Death of a Cozy Writer, won an Agatha for Best First Novel in 2008. In this new series, the protagonist, Max Tudor, is a former MI-5 agent who becomes a vicar. To me, that particular change of occupation seems fraught with interest. Looking forward to reading Wicked Autumn.
i haven't heard of this book but i like the premise. great pick :)
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This alone has my attention :
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I am getting ready to read this book. Doesn't it sound interesting?
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Ooh, I loved this one! reviewed in last week or so.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of this one before but this sounds like a good book.
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ReplyDeletehis series is new to me but is very appealing. I also like the idea of the job change from spy to vicar. That does open up lots of possibilities. I'm off to see if I can find it. Stay cool - somehow.
This one sounds interesting.
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hey!! i follow your blog! :) Great pick!
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Look forward to your thoughts! Good to see you back :)
ReplyDeleteI ought to try the first in the series. The character and setting are most appealing. From spy to vicar!
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