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Edith Maxwell

aka Tace Baker, Maddie Day

Edith's award-winning short stories have appeared in numerous juried anthologies; many have been reissued as ebooks.

Edith is a former farmer of a certified-organic farm, holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics, and is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America.

Awards: Agatha (2019) see all

Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery

Series

Lauren Rousseau Mystery (as by Tace Baker)
   1. Speaking of Murder (2012)
   2. Murder on the Bluffs (2014)
     aka Bluffing is Murder

Local Foods Mystery
   1. A Tine to Live, A Tine to Die (2013)
   2. 'Til Dirt Do Us Part (2014)
   3. Farmed and Dangerous (2015)
   4. Murder Most Fowl (2016)
   5. Mulch Ado about Murder (2017)

Quaker Midwife Mystery
   1. Delivering the Truth (2016)
   2. Called to Justice (2017)
   3. Turning the Tide (2018)
   4. Charity's Burden (2019)
   5. Judge Thee Not (2019)
   6. Taken Too Soon (2020)
   7. A Changing Light (2021)
   A Questionable Death (2023)

Collections

Edgar Allan Cozy (2016) (with others)

Novellas and Short Stories

   Reduction in Force (2012)
   Yatsuhashi for Lance (2013)
   Just Desserts for Johnny (2014)
   An Idea for Murder (2014)
   Fire in Carriagetown (2014)
   The Importance of Blood (2014)

Series contributed to

Black Cat Thrillogy
9. Black Cat Thrillogy #9 (2018)

Books containing stories by Edith Maxwell

Black Cat Weekly #139 (2024)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 139)

Deadly Nightshade (2022)
Best New England Crime Stories 2022
edited by
Christine Bagley, Susan Oleksiw and Leslie Wheeler

Bloodroot (2021)
Best New England Crime Stories
edited by
Susan Oleksiw, Ang Pompano and Leslie Wheeler

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Awards

2019 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel : Charity's Burden

Award nominations

	2020 Macavity Award for Best Historical Novel (nominee) : Charity's Burden
	2020 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel (nominee) : Taken Too Soon
	2018 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel (nominee) : Turning the Tide
	2017 Macavity Award for Best Historical Novel (nominee) : Delivering the Truth
	2017 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel (nominee) : Called to Justice
	2016 Agatha Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Mayor and the Midwife
	2016 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel (nominee) : Delivering the Truth
	2015 Agatha Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : A Questionable Death
	2014 Agatha Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Just Desserts for Johnny

Edith Maxwell recommends

A Deadly Endeavor (2024)
(Deadly Twenties Mystery, book 1)
Jenny Adams
"Jenny Adams's first historical mystery reads like anything but a debut. After Adams throws together war-damaged Gilbert Lawless, now working as a coroner's assistant in 1921 Philadelphia, with forlorn society girl Edie Shippen looking for meaning in her life, this story unfolds in well-drawn scenes that keep the reader awake and madly turning pages. The pair fight against a deluded villain for their families, for the disappearing young women in their overlapping circles, and for each other. A Deadly Endeavor, a compelling must-read, is the definition of the bee's knees."

Hope, Faith, & a Corpse (2021)
(Faith Chapel Mystery, book 1)
Laura Jensen Walker
"The author's humor engages, the twists and turns in the mystery intrigue...and the resolution will both surprise and satisfy any reader who loves a good cozy."

Death and a Pot of Chowder (2018)
(Maine Murder Mystery, book 1)
Cornelia Kidd
"Readers are going to devour Cornelia Kidd's delicious debut mystery with enthusiasm and a reluctance to put it down... A five-star hit!"

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