Death at the Alma Mater: A St. Just Mystery
Written by G. M. Malliet
Narrated by Davina Porter
4.5/5
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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 Death at the Alma Mater
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent, humorous, highly recommended.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I found this book a very pleasant cozy mystery, just like the other 2 in the series. The plot is interesting, not too complicated, but also not extremely obvious either.The book is very readable although, at times, I found the dialog to be a little stilted. I enjoy reading about St Just and Sergeant Fear, although I think there could be less attention paid to St Just's relationship with Portia.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fictional St. Michael's College at Cambridge would have to move up some to be called second rate. And the place is falling apart. The powers-that-be decide to stage a special weekend for some of its most illustrious (and wealthy) alumni. They're an odd lot ... and make a great suspect list when one of their number is murdered. Detective Chief Inspector Arthur St. Just of the Cambridge constabulary and Sergeant Fear are on the scene ... as is St. Just's lady love, Portia De'Ath, who's working on her thesis AND her latest mystery novel at the college. And this time, she's taking St. Just's advice to stay out of his case, although he relies on her as an unbiased observer to give her insights.Death at the Alma Mater is a straightforward police procedural, very much focused on the crime and its investigation, with cozy elements and a third-person narrator with a dry sense of humor. The way the author introduces the characters up front reminds me of Carolyn Hart's Death on Demand mysteries featuring Annie and Max Darling. And it's hard not to compare Ms. Malliet's books to the Adam Dalglelish mysteries by P.D. James -- especially when the author drops in a few references to that grand old lady of British mystery.But this series is very much the author's own. It's great fun to read, and will satisfy even the most finicky mystery reader. 04/29/2010
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very entertaining. This author can spin a yarn and the outcome is surprise. Loved it!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Malliet is good, very good. I'm a fan of British mysteries and have only recently discovered her. Her Father Max Tudor books are equally intriguing. I've read them all and am waiting for the next one!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Who would have thought a fund-raising weekend of wealthy alumni members at St Michael's college in Cambrige, England would be interrupted by the murder of one of the members? With a handful of suspects to interview and investigate backgrounds on, St Just is still faced with building a portrait of a woman who, by all accounts was a flighty glamour-puss still yearning for her lost love, while having to endure a weekend reunion with her ex-husband and the woman who who replaced her as his wife.Although a cozy mystery, there were a few surprising twists to keep this interesting and as always, St Just does a beautiful job building a case against the exposed murderer.