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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) 3.68 avg rating — 883 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Delivering the Truth (Quaker Midwife Mystery, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 872 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	'Til Dirt Do Us Part (Local Foods Mystery, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 544 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) 3.98 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Murder Most Fowl (Local Foods Mystery, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 433 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
	Called to Justice (Quaker Midwife Mystery, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 368 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
	Mulch Ado About Murder (Local Foods Mystery, #5) 4.04 avg rating — 343 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
	Turning the Tide (Quaker Midwife Mystery, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 249 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) 4.11 avg rating — 225 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) 4.36 avg rating — 151 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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Series by Edith Maxwell

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

3.91 avg rating — 2,697 ratings

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

3.97 avg rating — 2,120 ratings

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Edith Maxwell wrote a new blog post Happy New Year! We’re back! As you can see, we’ve updated the website a bit. But don’t worry, all of the content is still here. And we’re adding more, in all sorts of Read more of this blog post »
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Edith Maxwell liked Mary's review of A Case for the Ladies (A Dot and Amelia Mystery, #1): "A CASE FOR THE LADIES by Maddie Day Dot is determined to bring justice for women, immigrants, and all who face mistreatment. She’s smart and brave, but not foolhardy. She can’t bring back the victims of crime, but she can work for justice, joining eff" Read more of this review »
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Edith Maxwell and 1 other person liked dnsyl57's review of A Case for the Ladies (A Dot and Amelia Mystery, #1): ""A Case For The Ladies: A Dot And Amelia Mystery" by Maddie Day. "Amid Prohibition, Irish gangs, the KKK, and rampant mistreatment of immigrant women, intrepid private investigator Dorothy Henderson and her pal Amelia Earhart seek justice for several " Read more of this review »
Mar 16, 2024 04:31AM · see review
Edith Maxwell rated a book it was amazing Graceland by Nancy Crochiere (Goodreads Author)	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
Nancy Crochiere takes us all the way in this ticking clock family saga of love, secrets, and adventure. Combine an aging soap star in search of her dream, a mom desperately trying to keep a secret, a bigger-than-life cousin as travel buddy, and a dau ...more
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Edith Maxwell and 1 other person liked Mary's review of A Questionable Death and Other Historical Quaker Midwife Mysteries: "Edith Maxwell's A QUESTIONABLE DEATH I’ve missed Rose Carroll and was so happy to reconnect by reading this collection of intriguing short stories, especially the first and last stories, both new for this book. “In Pursuit of Justice” takes us back to " Read more of this review »
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