Cyanide with Christie
by Katherine Bolger Hyde
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Pub Date Mar 01 2019 | Archive Date Feb 01 2019
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Description
A game of charades ends in coldblooded murder in this entertaining cozy mystery, third in the Crime with the Classics series.
Having finished transforming Windy Corner, the grand Victorian mansion she inherited from her great aunt, into a writers’ retreat, widowed literature professor Emily Cavanaugh is ready to receive her first set of guests. But her careful planning is thrown into disarray by the unexpected arrival of outrageous true-crime writer, Cruella Crime, whose unpardonably rude behaviour is causing great offence. As a ferocious ice storm rages outside, the guests entertain one another with a game of charades. But their revelries are brought to a sudden halt by the discovery of a body in one of the guest bedrooms. When it transpires the victim was poisoned, Emily decides to take a leaf out of the book of her favourite detective writer, Agatha Christie, and investigate. But as she pursues her enquiries, it becomes chillingly clear that she herself may have been the intended victim...
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780727888440 |
| PRICE | $28.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 208 |
Featured Reviews
Kathleen C, Media/Journalist
“Cyanide with Christie” earns 5/5 Karma Surprises…Clever and Engaging!
Marvelous! I love Katherine Bolger Hyde’s series: the writers’ retreat, a small town, renewed love, and fascinating connections to classic literature. It's Christmas, Windy Corners is festooned in all the holiday trim, and Emily is nervously anticipating her first guests arriving at the writers’ retreat. Luke Richards, renewed love and local police lieutenant, is still somewhat worried about strangers living in the house with Emily. Some unofficial background checks might be in order. The visiting authors range from well-known to new-to-the-scene, inspired to blocked, open book to quietly suspicious. One guest is flippant, critical, and well lubricated rubbing everyone the wrong way, but along with a winter storm, it's the uninvited guest, oddly penned Cruella Crime, that causes the most disruption. So, when she ends up dead…poisoned! Everyone is a suspect, including old-fashioned Karma!
Katherine uses a third-person narrative, not a favorite perspective for me, putting us on the outside looking in on the drama. However, with a clever mystery (the murder takes more time to occur than I prefer), well-developed characters (I literally cringed, though happily, at some), vivid descriptions (beautiful, stormy, and delicious), and entertaining banter (illustrates tone and personality well) she kept me totally engaged. I have become invested in Emily’s life as she enjoys a pseudo-motherly connection with her young employee Katie, navigates the renewed romance with Luke, struggles with what and who she wants in her future, and pines about the absence of blood relations including being childless. In Crime with the Classics, I am interested in all the literary references, ins and outs of running the writers’ retreat, and life in the Oregon area I, too, have spent vacations. Katherine has penned a well-paced, well-written, and engaging story that I highly recommend! The end? Agatha would be proud of the final “Oh, my!”
Reviewer 266180
The third in the Crime with the Classics series brings us 'Cyanide with Christie' - a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining murder mystery. A body in a bedroom causes consternation, suspected poisonings, eccentric characters and a nod from the writings of the Queen of Crime herself all combine to make an engaging read. Highly recommended - fans of the cosy mystery genre will be delighted with this.
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