Tag: Kelly Oliver

The Case of the Christie Conspiracy wins Agatha Award

Kudos to Kelly Oliver and The Case of the Christie Conspiracy for a well-deserved Agatha Award. After all, it doesn’t get much cozier than a murder mystery with the legendary Golden Era detection club as suspects.

A murder of a fellow author is followed by Dame Agatha’s much speculated upon disappearance, making her a prime suspect. Eliza Baker, secretary to club president Dorothy Sayers, is not so sure and she and the group’s newest member, Theo, set out to investigate.

Oliver does a brilliant job of setting the stage and bringing readers along on a fabulous mystery in true Christie style. I also loved the perfectly-balanced tension and rivalry between the two amateur detectives.

I highly recommend The Case of the Christie Conspiracy to cozy mystery lovers and Agatha Christie devotees. You’ll love it!

Order online or buy now at your favorite independent bookstore. Mine is Sellers Books and Art in Jim Thorpe, PA.

Review by Di Prokop, More Mystery Please

Chaos at Carnegie Hall

By Kelly Oliver

Spies, Einstein and Edison, Dorothy Parker, disguises and suffragettes, Kelly Oliver covers all this and more in Chaos at Carnegie Hall – a fun romp of a World War II-era mystery.

British intelligence agent Fiona Figg travels across the pond to keep an eye on German spy Frederick Fredericks as well as to chaperone her Captain’s niece and pup en route to boarding school in New York. 

While Fiona seems a bit frenetic in the beginning, on board a ship en route to the states she settles into some serious sleuthing as she believes a body was thrown overboard and she overhears men speaking in German about aspirin and phenol, which is used in explosives. 

At Carnegie Hall, murder and mayhem ensues and with the surprising skills of her ward Eliza, she sets about to prove the guilt and innocence of the suspected murderer. Could the truth stand in the way of romance with her beloved Archie, who may or may not be a double agent? You’ll have to read to find out.

I recommend this book to lovers of lighter historical fiction. I received a free egalley of Chaos at Carnegie Hall courtesy of Boldwood Books, through NetGalley. This review is fair and impartial. 

Order online or buy now at your favorite independent bookstore. Mine is Sellers Books and Art in Jim Thorpe, PA.

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