<p>One of the rising stars of the last several years has been author Edith Maxwell, who also writes as Maddie Day. Her works in traditional mystery have included a number of series characters, including Rose Carroll, a Quaker midwife of the 19^th&nbsp;century, whose complete short works appear in this Crippen ' Landru collection for the first time. Maxwell has added new stories to this book, which include mysteries from the perspective of other characters near and dear to Rose.</p><p>&nbsp;Edith Maxwell writes the Agatha Award-winning and Macavity-nominated Quaker Midwife Mysteries and Agatha-nominated short crime fiction. As&nbsp;Maddie Day, Maxwell pens the Country Store Mysteries, the Cozy Capers Book Group Mysteries, and the Cece Barton Mysteries.&nbsp;She's a proud lifetime member of Sisters in Crime and a member of Mystery Writers of America.</p><p>Maxwell lives north of Boston, where she writes, gardens, cooks, and wastes time on Facebook. Find her (and Maddie) at&nbsp;EdithMaxwell.com,&nbsp;wickedauthors.com,&nbsp;Mystery Lovers' Kitchen, and on social media&nbsp;under both names.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For lovers of&nbsp;<em>Call the Midwife</em>, Edith Maxwell's&nbsp;<em>A Questionable Death</em>, is a must read! The book's ten midwife Rose Carroll short stories, featuring history, birth, and murder, will leave you wanting more. Award Winning Author Debra H. Goldstein</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>"I so enjoyed spending time with Edith Maxwell's beloved sleuth, Rose Carroll, in these astute and thought-provoking stories!" Alyssa Maxwell, author of The Gilded Newport Mysteries</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Edith Maxwell's Rose Carroll is more than a Quaker midwife in late 19^th&nbsp;century New England. She's a moral compass, an astute observer, and a staunch advocate for women in a time when women's rights were more trampled than honored-and a fine detective who uses her ability to go where the police can't to work tirelessly for justice. The compact, compelling stories in&nbsp;<em>A Questionable Death and Other Stories&nbsp;</em>will satisfy the mystery lover and the history lover alike.</p><p>-Leslie Budewitz, three-time Agatha Award-winning author of the Spice Shop Mysteries and the "Stagecoach Mary" Fields short stories</p>