Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library

Mrs. Christie, #1

by

Amanda Chapman

Fun and unique new cozy mystery featuring the “Queen of Crime” returning from beyond to solve a murder.

Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda Chapman is the first book in a fun and unique new cozy murder mystery series featuring the “Queen of Crime” herself, apparently on something of a holiday from the Pearly Gates to help solve a murder. As Mrs. Christie, book restoration specialist Tory Van Dyne, and Tory’s cousin and Broadway ingenue Nicola search for answers, Mrs. Christie’s formidable powers of observation and reasoning pave the way to the final resolution. 

The book unfolds in the first-person perspective of Tory Van Dyne, and her narrative is both spirited and liberally laced with humor and numerous references to Agatha Christie and other mystery authors. For me, it was the perfect blending of character quotes from the many Christie novels and Tory’s thought-filled identification that I most enjoyed and had me mentally making a list of Christie titles to revisit in the future. I loved the New York City / Greenwich Village setting and the thought of a recreated Christie library in a private home and look forward to more stories there in the future. 

I recommend MRS. CHRISTIE AT THE MYSTERY GUILD LIBRARY to cozy mystery fans, especially those with a soft spot for the work of the “Queen of Crime” herself. 

I voluntarily reviewed this after receiving an Advance Review Copy from the author through Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours.