A Demon Summer: A Max Tudor Mystery
Written by G. M. Malliet
Narrated by Michael Page
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G. M. Malliet
G. M. MALLIET's Death of a Cozy Writer received the Agatha Award for Best First Novel and was named one of the best books of 2008 by Kirkus Reviews. It went on to earn nominations for Anthony, Macavity, and Left Coast Crime awards. The first books in the Max Tudor series—Wicked Autumn, A Fatal Winter, Pagan Spring, and A Demon Summer—also were nominated for the Agatha Award. She and her husband live in Virginia and travel frequently to the UK, the setting for many of her stories.
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Reviews for A Demon Summer
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I 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.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5As 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.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The 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.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Being 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.