title: Malicious Intent (novel)
text: # Malicious Intent (novel)
  
  Malicious Intent (2004) is a crime novel by Australian author Kathryn Fox. It won the Davitt Award for Best Adult Novel and was shortlisted for Ned Kelly Awards – Best First Novel in 2005.
  
  ## Plot summary
  
  Pathologist and forensic physician, Dr Anya Crichton, discovers a link between the death of a teenage girl from a drug overdose and a number of apparent suicides.
  
  