Cover Reveal ~ A Questionable Death and Other Historical Quaker Midwife Mysteries by Edith Maxwell

Mar 15, 2023 | Cover Reveal

I’m excited to share with you the cover reveal for the short story collection featuring Rose Carroll from the “Quaker Midwife” historical series, coming April 2023 and now up for preorder.

Publication Date: April 4, 2023
Publisher: Crippen & Landru
Format: Print, Digital
Genre: Historical short crime fiction
Author Website: edithmaxwell.com

Book Synopsis
A Questionable Death and Other Historical Quaker Midwife Mysteries brings together a number of previously published short stories featuring midwife Rose Carroll, including two nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Short story. The collection, from Crippen & Landru, also includes a new tale showing Rose as an apprentice midwife in her first murder investigation. The hardcover edition features a chapbook with another new story.

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About the author
Agatha Award-winning author Edith Maxwell writes the Quaker Midwife Mysteries and short crime fiction. As Maddie Day she pens three cozy mystery series. She’s a proud lifetime member of Sisters in Crime and a member of Mystery Writers of America. Maxwell lives north of Boston with her beau and their cat Martin, where she writes, gardens, cooks, and wastes time on Facebook.

All comments are welcomed.

12 Comments

  1. Edith Maxwell
    Edith Maxwell on March 15, 2023 at 8:24 am

    Thank you, Dru! I love this cover.

  2. Jeffrey Marks
    Jeffrey Marks on March 15, 2023 at 8:30 am

    Thank you as always, Dru!

  3. Sue Leis
    Sue Leis on March 15, 2023 at 8:55 am

    I love the Quaker Midwife series! I never knew there were any short stories featuring Rose Carroll. I look forward to reading these stories.

    • Edith Maxwell
      Edith Maxwell on March 15, 2023 at 11:07 am

      Thanks, Sue – we figured fans of the series might have missed the stories!

  4. susanoleksiw
    susanoleksiw on March 15, 2023 at 9:18 am

    Congratulations, Edith. Short or long, this is a delightful series.

    • Edith Maxwell
      Edith Maxwell on March 15, 2023 at 11:07 am

      Thank you, Susan! And thanks for publishing the last one in the collection last year.

  5. Delia Pitts
    Delia Pitts on March 15, 2023 at 10:10 am

    Great to see this addition to this lively series! Love the new cover!

    • Edith Maxwell
      Edith Maxwell on March 15, 2023 at 11:08 am

      Aww. Thank thee, Friend.

      • Annette Gavigan
        Annette Gavigan on March 15, 2023 at 7:15 pm

        Edith and Dru Ann,
        Ramona would be so happy to see this collection of short stories published. Ramona loved this series and was proud onto be part of its creation.

        • Edith Maxwell
          Edith Maxwell on March 16, 2023 at 6:27 am

          I know, Annette, and I thank her specifically in the book.