A Fatal Winter : A Max Tudor Novel (Hardcover)

from thornton37814

When Lord Footrustle and his sister are found dead in a nearby castle, Father Max is called upon to assist the local authorities in their investigation. The sister's death is found to be natural. The family is full of unlikeable members, any of whom could have had motive for killing the relative ...

from grayday101

When Nether Monkslip's studly (and single!) vicar Max Tudor, formerly of MI5, meets Lady Leticia Bayard on a train returning from London, he finds her an anachronistic, autocratic bore. But when he learns that evening that she has died, apparently of a heart attack after hearing of her brother's ...

from Hanneri

Malliet's second novel featuring Father Max Tudor (former MI5 agent) finds him once again investigating a murder within a highly dysfunctional (although quite the cast of characters) family at nearby Chedrow Castle, located adjacent to his small town of Nether Monkslip. The highly efficient inves...

from Darcia

Sometimes I come across a book that leaves me shrugging my shoulders with a kind of "So what?" feeling. This was one of those books. The pros: There is an intriguing array of characters. The family dynamics gave the story both tension and humor. The whodunit mystery allows readers to play detecti...

from delphimo

The story is especially interesting on audiobook, with the delightful narration of Michael Page. The characters bounce from the pages as truly sinister figures, and how to decide which is responsible for the deaths of the patriarch Oscar, Lord Footrustle, and his twin, Lady Baynard. Christmas sin...