"A wonderful read." ―Louise Penny on G.M. Malliet's WICKED AUTUMN Now from Agatha Award-winning author G.M. Malliet comes Macavity Award finalist for Best Short Story, BOOKWORM. ~
~ Sometimes justice can be found in the pages of a book. ~In "Bookworm," a chilling mystery unfolds when, days before Christmas, a man sees a book on a crowded bookstore shelf.
The book catches his eye - not for its content, but for the author's photo. It’s a face from his past he can't forget.
Author Jeanne Robinson has used her personal ordeal as the backdrop for her latest novel, a bestseller. Her story, a blend of fiction and haunting reality, becomes a lure for the man who once attacked her, leading to a high-stakes game of cat and mouse.
With the aid of a dogged detective, Jeanne stakes everything on a daring plan to capture a deadly predator.
"Bookworm" is a gripping tale of survival, revenge, and the power of story to bring the darkest secrets to light.
G.M. Malliet is the author of three mystery series; a dozen or more short stories published in The Strand, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine; and WEYCOMBE, a standalone suspense novel.
Her Agatha Award-winning Death of a Cozy Writer (2008), the first installment of the DCI St. Just mysteries, was named one of the ten best novels of the year by Kirkus Reviews. Subsequent Max Tudor novels were Agatha finalists.