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Edith Maxwell

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in Pasadena, The United States

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Edith Maxwell is an Agatha-winning mystery author who writes the Local Foods Foods Mysteries as well as the historical Quaker Midwife Mysteries, featuring a Quaker midwife sleuth in 1888.

As Maddie Day, she writes the Country Store Mysteries set in southern Indiana, and the Cozy
Capers Book Group Mysteries.

Her short stories have appeared in twenty juried anthologies and magazines. She is active in Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.

Edith, a fourth-generation Californian, has two grown sons and lives in an antique house north of Boston with her beau, their energizer kitten, a small organic garden, and some impressive garden statuary. She worked as a software technical writer for almost two decades but now writes fiction full time ...more

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	A Tine to Live, A Tine to Die (Local Foods Mystery, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 927 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Delivering the Truth (Quaker Midwife Mystery, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 894 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	'Til Dirt Do Us Part (Local Foods Mystery, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farmed and Dangerous (Local Foods Mystery, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 525 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder Most Fowl (Local Foods Mystery, #4) 4.07 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mulch Ado About Murder (Local Foods Mystery, #5) 4.04 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Called to Justice (Quaker Midwife Mystery, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 379 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turning the Tide (Quaker Midwife Mystery, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charity's Burden (Quaker Midwife Mystery, #4) 4.10 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judge Thee Not (Quaker Midwife Mystery, #5) 4.35 avg rating — 157 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Edith/Maddie here, with my last post.

Yes, it’s time for me to say good-bye here. I’ve made the hard decision to shed my Wicked Authors cloak.

I’ll still be scribbling away, and you can always find me over at my Maddie Day/Edith Maxwell Facebook page and on my web site. I’m also continuing on the Mystery Lovers Kitchen blog.

I wish Julie, Jessie, and Liz all the best with their writing.

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Series by Edith Maxwell

A Local Foods Mystery (5 books)
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Edith Maxwell (Goodreads Author)

3.93 avg rating — 2,889 ratings

Quaker Midwife Mystery (7 books)
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Edith Maxwell (Goodreads Author)

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Edith Maxwell and 6 other people liked LORI CASWELL's review of Deadly Crush (Cece Barton Mysteries, #2): "Dollycas’s Thoughts With the holidays behind her, Cece Barton is getting things done at Vino y Vida, the Colinas wine bar she manages. Hiring Karl Meier for electrical work may not have been her best decision. He’s a creepy grouchy man who verbally ab" Read more of this review »
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Edith Maxwell and 1 other person liked Deborah Almada's review of A Case for the Ladies (Dot and Amelia Mystery): "I really enjoyed this book. I usually always enjoy books by Maddie Day/Edith Maxwell, but I have to say that her historical mysteries are especially good. I love the history, the attention to detail, and the fact that the author is so good at setting" Read more of this review »
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Edith Maxwell liked Missi Martin (Stockwell)'s review of A Case for the Ladies (Dot and Amelia Mystery): "A Case for the Ladies is the first book in the Dot and Amelia Mystery series written by Maddie Day. This is a different kind of story for Maddie to write and she executed it beautifully. In A Case for the Ladies Dorothy Henderson, also known as Dot is" Read more of this review »
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Edith Maxwell liked Judith Rycar's review of A Case for the Ladies (A Dot and Amelia Mystery, #1): "The Ladies Solve the Case This book follows a couple of short stories Maddie Day wrote about a pair of private investigators she based on her grandmothers. In this book, Dorothy "Dot" Henderson is on her own in Boston visiting her Aunt Etta when she's" Read more of this review »
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Chapman intrigues and delights with this twisty and funny must-read tale featuring the Queen of Mystery, herself. Protagonist Tory Van Dyne is at first mystified by Mrs. Christie but ends up marveling at how she unravels a myriad of clues to solve tw ...more
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