A Detection Club Mystery: Book 1
Publication Date: February 16, 2025
Agatha Christie is about to embark on a new, gripping murder case. But this time, she’s not the author – she’s a suspect…
1926 – Christie is a darling of the literary circuit and the most desired guest in London’s glittering social scene. She can often be found at meetings of the Detection Club – where mystery writers come together to share ideas, swap secrets and drink copiously. But then a fellow author’s initiation ceremony takes a gruesome turn, and one of the group ends up dead. Now, Agatha is no longer just the creator of great mystery plots – she’s a player in one.
And when Agatha disappears the day after the murder, she’s widely assumed to be guilty. Only Eliza Baker, assistant to the Club’s enigmatic secretary, Dorothy Sayers, is interested in investigating the case. But in a world where murder is the ultimate plot device, can Eliza piece together the evidence and find the killer before it’s too late?
When the infamous and wildly popular mystery author, Agatha Christie, goes missing, presumed guilty of murder, Eliza jumps into action in Kelly Oliver’s first book in The Detection Club Series, The Case of the Christie Conspiracy.
This book is wildly clever and entertaining, and I stayed up way past my bedtime reading it to the end. The book has a cliffhanger, and I’m usually not a big fan of them, but my goodness! What a delicious cliffhanger!
Another aspect of the book I enjoyed was that the story is set in the 1920s. I tend to gravitate toward historical mysteries, and this one was fantastic!
The characters are well-developed and authentic, and the chemistry between Eliza and Theo is off the charts. The plot was rich and well-plotted and kept me guessing till the end.
The Case of the Christie Conspiracy hooked me from the first page with twists and turns, intriguing characters, and a unique plot.
Kelly Oliver is the award-winning and bestselling author of four mystery series: The Jessica James Mysteries (7-book contemporary suspense); The Pet Detective Mysteries (3-book middle grade); The Fiona Figg Mysteries (9-book historical cozies).
The Case of the Christie Conspiracy, the first in her new series The Detection Club Mysteries just came out (February 2025).
Kelly is Distinguished Emerita Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. And currently, she is the Immediate Past President of Sisters in Crime.
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