Part of Death on Demand, book 25.5
First published 2015
Ellen Gallagher runs a struggling thrift store in South Carolina. She discovers something extraordinary among her inventory: a first edition of Agatha Christie's Poirot Investigates. The book bears Christie's signature and an inscription to the Queen of England. For Ellen, this treasure could solve her financial problems. Then the valuable book vanishes from her shop. Ellen turns to Annie Darling, who owns the mystery bookstore Death on Demand. Together they must track down the stolen Christie volume. Ellen faces a race against time to recover what might be her only chance at escaping poverty. The search reveals how far people will go for a piece of literary history.
Genres: american-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, thriller, 21st-century, agatha-christie
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: race-against-time, treasure-hunt
Setting: South-Carolina
Period: 20th-Century, 21st-Century
58 pages · Paperback · The Mysterious Bookshop