Death and the Lit Chick

A St. Just Mystery, Book 2

By: G. M. Malliet

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Audie Award Finalist, Mystery, 2014

Wildly successful chick-lit mystery writer Kimberlee Kalder is the guest of honor at an exclusive writers' conference at Dalmorton Castle in Scotland. But the fun ends when Kimberlee is found dead at the bottom of the castle's bottle dungeon. Who didn't want to see prima donna Kimberlee brutally extinguished like one of her ill-fated characters? It's up to Detective Chief Inspector St. Just to track down the true killer in a castle full of cagey mystery connoisseurs who live and breathe malicious murder and artful alibis....

©2009 G. M. Malliet (P)2013 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Critic reviews

"[In] her superior second cozy, Malliet's satirical take on the mystery scene is spot-on." ( Publishers Weekly)

"Malliet excels at stylish writing very reminiscent of the golden age of British mysteries. A real find for old-school mystery fans." ( Booklist)

"An absolutely delicious skewering of the world of mystery publishing and its none-too-savory denizens, Death and the Lit Chick is even wittier and more skillfully constructed than her Agatha Award-winning Death of a Cozy Writer." ( Denver Post)

In a Scottish castle

I much prefer Malliet’s priest to St Just but this was an interesting tale. In fact I think we have been to this castle before. The ending was a surprise especially since it managed to drag in one of the authors who basically had been ignored.

Malliet is such a wonderful author.

The is a fun mystery from the first page. The characters are clear and the setting was another character. Humor abounds as the detective searches for the murderer. I did not guess the ending. I love her books.

Meh

Second in the series, do not read out of order.

It occurred to me that these books are re-do's of Lord Peter Wimsey books, at least in terms of overall theme. I was left with the VERY strong impression that some kind of computer program either wrote this book or aided in the writing. It's okay. I love Davina Porter and will listen to her narrate just about anything. Without her, this is not worth the credit. If you love her, it is.

Great narrator old school mystery style not for me

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I'm not a huge fan of old school whodunnit mysteries where the detective brings everyone in a room together at the end to reveal all. Too contrived.

What was most disappointing about G. M. Malliet’s story?

Too many characters that I didn't care about. The killer was a minor character I didn't even remember!

Not very interesting

I liked the first book in this series but this second one is boring. It is just uninteresting and predictable.