The Case of the Christie Curse blog tour is through Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours and includes a guest post from the author and a giveaway.
Book Details
The Case of the Christie Curse: (A Detection Club Mystery)
by Kelly Oliver
THE CASE OF THE CHRISTIE CURSE is an engaging historical mystery that provides romantic quandaries amidst an intriguing puzzle.
~Cozy Up With Kathy
5-STARS
If you love a solid mystery with plenty of intrigue, humor, and action, The Case of the Christie Curse has all this and more!
~Novels Alive
The Case of the Christie Curse: (A Detection Club Mystery)
Historical Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – Mesopotamia
Publication date : February 21, 2026
Publisher : Boldwood Books
Digital
Print length : 288 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1836175681
ASIN : B0F4W1D5Z6
Other formats will be available
Mesopotamia, 1930: When Agatha Christie invites fellow members of the Detection Club to witness the famous excavations at the ruins of Ur, Dorothy L. Sayers, her quick-witted assistant Eliza Baker, and Theo Sharp expect ancient wonders – not fresh corpses.
But when an archaeologist is found dead in the sand, whispers of a deadly curse sweep through the camp. Eliza suspects something far more dangerous than superstition. Amid glittering artifacts and fragile alliances, every guest harbors secrets: the Woolleys, whose marriage is shadowed by tragedy; a journalist hungry for scandal; even academic Max Mallowan, whose loyalties are not what they seem.
As theft, forgery, and coded messages surface, the line between archaeology and espionage blurs. And when Eliza and Theo find themselves in danger, they must face not only the truth about the murder – but also the truths they’ve long denied about each other. Can they uncover the killer before the desert claims another victim? Or will this dig unearth secrets too dangerous to survive?
About Kelly Oliver
Kelly Oliver is the award-winning and bestselling author of four mystery series: The Jessica James Mysteries, The Pet Detective Mysteries, The Fiona Figg Mysteries, and The Detection Club Mysteries.
Kelly is the Past President of Sisters in Crime National, current Education Coordinator for SinC Guppies, and a Distinguished Emerita Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University.
To learn more about Kelly and her books, go to kellyoliverbooks.com.
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Author Guest Post
Mary Westmacott and The Case of the Christie Curse
By Kelly Oliver
By 1930, Agatha Christie was a well-known mystery writer. She’d published five Hercule
Poirot novels, including The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), along with several other
crime novels, including the first Miss Marple (1930). But her writer’s heart was not
satisfied with writing plot-driven crime novels, as clever and original as they were. She
longed to write something more personal, emotional, intimate, and character driven.
Under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, she presented her first psychological novel,
Giant’s Bread, to her publisher, Collins. They were skeptical but agreed to publish it as
long as she continued to produce mystery novels for them, which, of course, she did.
Agatha’s interest in music featured prominently in the book—she studied voice and
piano in Paris in her youth. The book also explores childhood experiences based on her
own childhood.
She went on to publish five more novels under the name Mary Westmacott. And the
books had modest success and were met with generally good reviews.
In her autobiography, referring to another Westmacott novel called Absent in the Spring
(1944), Agatha says, “I wrote the one book that has satisfied me completely.” She wrote
the book in three days. It is the story of a woman stuck in the desert, alone without
books or distractions, waiting for her train. Alone with her thoughts for several days, the
woman reflects on her life and doesn’t recognize what she sees.
Remarkably, she kept her pseudonymous writings a secret for almost twenty years.
Agatha’s secret identity as Mary Westmacott is a subplot in The Case of the Christie
Curse, the third book in my Detection Club Mystery series set in Mesopotamia just after
the publication of the first Westmacott novel. There is much speculation about the
identity of its author. How far will Agatha go to keep her secret?
Kelly Oliver is the award-winning and bestselling author of four mystery
series: The Jessica James Mysteries, The Pet Detective Mysteries, The Fiona Figg
Mysteries, and The Detection Club Mysteries.
Kelly is Past President of Sisters in Crime National, current Education Coordinator for
SinC Guppies, and a Distinguished Emerita Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt
University.
To learn more about Kelly and her books, go to www.kellyoliverbooks.com.
Giveaway
TOUR PARTICIPANTS
February 18 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
February 18 – @bibliophile_foodie – REVIEW
February 19 – Books1987 – SPOTLIGHT
February 19 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
February 20 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – SPOTLIGHT
February 20 – Books1987 – SPOTLIGHT
February 21 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
February 22 – StoreyBook Reviews – AUTHOR GUEST POST
February 23 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
February 24 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST
February 25 – Salty Inspirations – AUTHOR GUEST POST
February 25 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT
February 26 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
February 26 – Novels Alive – REVIEW
February 27 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
February 28 – Sarandipity’s – AUTHOR GUEST POST
February 28 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
March 1 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
March 2 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
March 3 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
