Wicked Autumn

Harvest of Whispers

As autumn’s golden light filters through the ancient oaks surrounding St. Michael’s Priory, the peaceful retreat is shattered by the discovery of a mutilated body in the rose garden. Celebrated mystery novelist Max Tudor, now vicar of this tranquil Devonshire parish, is called upon to untangle the web of secrets that binds the cloister’s inhabitants. The victim, a visiting art restorer with ties to Tudor’s own literary past, harbored a hidden agenda—one that reaches back to an unsolved crime on the moors decades earlier. G.M. Malliet’s evocative prose conjures crisp morning fog, crumbling stone archways, and the soft rustle of fallen leaves, setting the stage for a murder mystery that refuses to stay buried.

Shadows of Betrayal

Under the vaulted ceilings of the priory church, alliances shift like autumn winds. Tudor must navigate a cast of vivid suspects: the fiercely protective abbess who guards her novices with zeal, the head chorister tormented by forbidden desires, and the enigmatic historian researching the priory’s darkest chapter. As the body count rises—each killing more ritualistic than the last—Tudor draws upon his novelist’s eye for motive and his clerical compassion for insight into human frailty. With every clue uncovered in musty manuscripts and clandestine midnight vigils in the cloister, the line between sacred duty and personal vendetta becomes perilously thin.

Final Hymn in Frost

In a breathtaking confrontation beneath the frost-silvered spire, Tudor confronts the architect of these autumnal murders. As a bitter wind howls through the empty pews, long-buried truths are laid bare: vengeance disguised as penance, ambition cloaked in piety, and love twisted by grief. G.M. Malliet weaves ecclesiastical history, seasonal atmosphere, and razor-shaped suspense into a tapestry that challenges both faith and intellect. Wicked Autumn is a masterful fusion of cozy mystery charm and Gothic intrigue, reminding readers that even in churchyard silence, the dead have stories left to tell. Author’s description.