Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

  • The Haunted Season

  • A Max Tudor Mystery
  • By: G. M. Malliet
  • Narrated by: Michael Page
  • Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (63 ratings)
Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
The Haunted Season cover art

The Haunted Season

By: G. M. Malliet
Narrated by: Michael Page
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £25.99

Buy Now for £25.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

Wicked Autumn cover art
Heathcliff Lennox - France 1918 cover art
Mystery on Hidden Lane: An Utterly Gripping Cozy Mystery Novel cover art
Mydworth Mysteries 1-3 cover art
Beneath the Abbey Wall cover art
A Man of Some Repute cover art
The Poet cover art
Hush cover art
A Great Deliverance cover art
The Stranger House cover art
The Black Echo: Special Edition cover art
A Cotswold Killing cover art
Gameboard of the Gods cover art
Dangerous Pursuits cover art
No Rest for the Dead cover art
Murder in an English Village cover art

Summary

Lord and Lady Baaden-Boomethistle have been in residence for some weeks now, and the villagers are hoping for a return to the good old days, when the lord of the manor sprinkled benefits across the village like fairy dust. Father Max Tudor's invitation to dinner at the hall comes as a welcome novelty; it will be his first time meeting the famous family that once held sway in the area. Before he has time to starch his clerical collar and organize a babysitter, a sudden and suspicious death intervenes, and the handsome vicar's talent for sorting through clues to a murder is once again called into play in this charming and clever story.

©2015 G. M. Malliet (P)2015 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Critic reviews

"At least one head rolls in clergyman/detective Max Tudor's fifth seasonally themed case...[an] enjoyable blend of whimsy and homicide." ( Kirkus Reviews)

What listeners say about The Haunted Season

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    39
  • 4 Stars
    15
  • 3 Stars
    5
  • 2 Stars
    3
  • 1 Stars
    1
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    43
  • 4 Stars
    14
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    1
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    35
  • 4 Stars
    12
  • 3 Stars
    7
  • 2 Stars
    2
  • 1 Stars
    3

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Nowhere near the quality of the last books

The last few chapters are very poor. All told as exposition and totally unbelievable. Although I enjoyed the other books, I would not recommend purchasing this one.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

3 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Book, Excellent performance

Would you consider the audio edition of The Haunted Season to be better than the print version?

Yes - the performance is brilliant and he uses the right inflections which express the feelings and emphasis of the story.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Max Tudor, the main character is my favourite. The story shows his concerns, his thought processes and he takes the listener along with his logical thinking and emotions.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

It is so difficult to say which scene I most enjoyed as they are all so important to the story and are all crucial to the understanding of the characters involved and the reasoning behind the logical conclusions. Having said that, I love the scenes involving his partner - an unusual pairing which brings out the sympathy and interest of the reader - fascinating.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Most of my emotional reactions, not to the point of crying, are connected with the relationship between Max and his partner, which has an impact on other parts of is life. The way the relationship is expressed in the book and how it impacts on other areas of his life and that of other characters in the village is amusing and at times makes the listener laugh.

Any additional comments?

The author has a way of bringing the characters in her books to life. The Max Tudor series is an excellent series of mysteries, but not solely about the mystery themselves. The characters become rounded, their inter-relationships are made interesting to the point at which the listener can mentally see the characters and their reactions. The author weaves the personal stories into the main mystery in such a way that the two become an integral point of the logical conclusions which the listener can make. I absolutely love this series and hope the author continues to write more .... PLEASE!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

3 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Don't bother!

An attempted quintessential English village murder / detective story written by an American who clearly read a lot of Agatha Christie, father Brown and similar and reckoned she could knock out something similar. She failed.
Instead this is long winded rambling cliches. Couldn't get beyond chapter 13 and only then because I kept pushing myself on the basis that it was just a really slow start. But after trying to get through the chapter about 6 times and finding that I have literally stopped listening I decide not to waste any more of my time.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful series

Absolutely love this series. The authors description of the village and its surrounding ensures the listener is immersed into story, so you feel your actually a part of the story. Looking forward to the next one

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

great characters

ive recently ventured to go for modern writers of the crime mystery scene. and this one is fantastic , id like to meet a vicar like Max Tudor, makes me think of moving to village life :)

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!