We’ve all heard of Agatha Christie, and I’ve heard of Kelly Oliver and even saw her win the award for Best Historical Mystery Novel: The Case of the Christie Conspiracy at Malice Domestic.
Kelly has a new novel coming out, and it also involves Agatha Christie. I’m excited to read it. Here’s a quote from Kelly about the new book… “Many readers know Agatha Christie as the Queen of Crime, creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and one of the bestselling authors of all time. Fewer know that in September 1930, she quietly slipped away to Scotland and married a young archaeologist fourteen years her junior in a ceremony so private that many of her friends didn’t learn about it until afterward.
That secret wedding became the inspiration for my latest Detection Club Mystery, The Case of the Christie Wedding Affair.”
Isn’t the cover cute?
Here’s the back cover blurb:
cotland, 1930: Agatha Christie is getting married. She invites fellow members of the Detection Club to the windswept Isle of Skye for a quiet break while the banns are read. But tranquility proves elusive when the formidable Lord Blackwood, leader of a hunting party sharing their lodge, vanishes from the moors.
Sharp-eyed assistant to the Detection Club secretary, Eliza Baker, suspects foul play as the strange occurrences pile up: a mysterious grave in the churchyard, a missing rifle, and late-night excursions across the rugged island. There may be no body—yet—but someone at Dunmara Lodge is hiding a deadly secret.
As a storm cuts them off from the mainland, Eliza and her friend Theo must navigate lies, half-truths, and a treacherous landscape… but can they uncover the killer in the stalking grounds… or will the moors keep their secrets forever?
If you want to connect with Kelly, here’s a link. https://kellyoliverbooks.com/
And here is a link if you want to preorder The Case of the Christie Affair from Amazon. https://23cdbee3.click.kit-mail3.com/68uqrd6qgri8h58ze8vhohp4vmvpoh9hp9gg9/z2hghnhevq67w4aph0/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYW1hem9uLmNvbS9kcC9CMEY0V0tIWkhL
If you can’t wait to read this book, Kelly has written plenty of others. In fact, this is the fourth book in the series.
Until next time,
Happy reading!
Jackie Layton 