Maria Malone's first crime novel, A Deadly Affair in the Dales (published as Death in the Countryside in the US) is set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Heft, and features Sergeant Ali Wren and her trusty police dog, Officer Wilson, a spaniel with a nose for trouble.
A former Yorkshire Press Awards Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year, she lives in the North-East of England.
Maria worked in print journalism and television before ghostwriting for many years, working with extraordinary people on their autobiographies.
A former Yorkshire Press Awards Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year, she lives in the North-East of England.
Genres: Cozy Mystery
New and upcoming books
Series
Wren & Wilson
1. A Deadly Affair in the Dales (2025)
aka Death in the Countryside
2. Peacocks and Poison in the Dales (2026)
1. A Deadly Affair in the Dales (2025)
aka Death in the Countryside
2. Peacocks and Poison in the Dales (2026)
Visitors also looked at these authors
