Death at Greenway: Agatha Award Winner – A Gripping WWII Mystery of Murder and Secrets at Christie's Manor
1941年、看護師見習いのブリジットはロンドン近郊のグリーンウェイに送られ、アガサ・クリスティの別荘を背景に、戦時下の不穏な事件へと巻き込まれていく。
作品情報
アガサ・クリスティの館を舞台にした、戦時下英国のミステリー。
第二次世界大戦下の英国で、看護師見習いの若い女性たちがグリーンウェイを舞台に危険な真相へ近づいていく。孤立した館と戦時下の不安が重なる一冊。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- William Morrow Paperbacks
- 発売日
- 2021-10-12
- ページ数
- 448ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 13.49 x 2.57 x 20.32 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780062938046
- ISBN-10
- 0062938045
- 価格
- 4305 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Mystery/Women Sleuths
"Irresistible... a Golden Age homage, an elegantly constructed mystery that on every page reinforces the message that everyone counts." – New York Times Book Review AGATHA AWARD WINNER! Recommended by New York Times Book Review • Wall Street Journal • Parade • Country Living • Chicago Tribune • South Florida Sun-Sentinel • The Free-Lance Star • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • CrimeReads • Nerd Daily • Red Carpet Crash • and many more! From the award-winning author of The Day I Died and The Lucky One , a captivating suspense novel about nurses during World War II who come to Agatha Christie’s holiday estate to care for evacuated children, but when a body is discovered nearby, the idyllic setting becomes host to a deadly mystery. Bridey Kelly has come to Greenway House—the beloved holiday home of Agatha Christie—in disgrace. A terrible mistake at St. Prisca’s Hospital in London has led to her dismissal as a nurse trainee, and her only chance for redemption is a position in the countryside caring for children evacuated to safety from the Blitz. Greenway is a beautiful home full of riddles: wondrous curios not to be touched, restrictions on rooms not to be entered, and a generous library, filled with books about murder. The biggest mystery might be the other nurse, Gigi, who is like no one Bridey has ever met. Chasing ten young children through the winding paths of the estate grounds might have soothed Bridey’s anxieties and grief—if Greenway were not situated so near the English Channel and the rising aggressions of the war. When a body washes ashore near the estate, Bridey is horrified to realize this is not a victim of war, but of a brutal killing. As the local villagers look among themselves, Bridey and Gigi discover they each harbor dangerous secrets about what has led them to Greenway. With a mystery writer’s home as their unsettling backdrop, the young women must unravel the truth before their safe haven becomes a place of death . . .
Lori Rader-Day is the Edgar Award–nominated and Anthony, Agatha, and Mary Higgins Clark Award–winning author of Death at Greenway, The Lucky One, Under a Dark Sky, The Day I Died, Little Pretty Things, and The Black Hour. She lives in Chicago, where she is cochair of the mystery readers’ conference Midwest Mystery Conference and teaches creative writing at Northwestern University. She served as the national president of Sisters in Crime in 2020.
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A captivating historical novel – a bit different from Lori Radar Day’s psychological thrillers – that takes us to the countryside of England toward the end of the WWII. Children are being evacuated from London under the care of “nurses” and in this case taken to the home of Agatha Christie and her husband. Spies are everywhere; no one can be trusted; and the twist is dazzling. There is an Authors Note at the end that might be best read at the beginning, though, to help keep the characters in line as the story progresses.
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I've read all of Lori readers day's books but this one was so different, I had to check my Kindle to make sure what I was reading. I've been reading a lot of British authors and thought that maybe I'd grabbed the wrong title. This isn't exactly a mystery. There are murders and thefts, but no one seems to want to solve them. Instead, this is more of a historical novel with a lot of self discovery. It's set in Devon, the holiday home of Agatha Christie. A group of evacuated children move into her house, along with a married couple and two nurses. Ms Christie makes a couple of cameo appearances but this is mostly the story of Bridget ( Bridey) Kelly, one if the nurses. The characters are well written and I admit to staying up too late to read the ending. But I'd be lying to saying wasn't looking forward to reading her next mystery. I mean, her next real mystery.
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DEATH AT GREENWAY by Lori Rader Day I was really looking forward to reading this novel about children evacuated to Agatha Christie’s summer home to escape the blitz in London. Considering the title I was also expecting a murder mystery. Hmmmm, not so much a mystery, not a romance, not a children’s story, not a coming of age. I’m not sure what it was. The premise of a disgraced nurse fleeing her training was interesting and then discovering TWO nurses with the same name and each with secrets – should have been fascinating. It wasn’t. It wasn’t boring exactly, but it certainly had some slow parts and could have been about 100 pages shorter. I hope someone else reads the book and tells me what I missed. Village life and the children saved this book for me. 3 of 5 stars
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This was an interesting read, setting a murder mystery at the Devon holiday home of Agatha Christie and in the context of WWII and caring for children who had been evacuated from London during the Blitz. It went a bit long on the caretaking of the children for me, but it was quite realistic in that way--what it took to keep them well and safe. Clever plotting. In terms of the murder mystery, it was a slow burn, keeping me engaged. I was unable to second guess who the murderer was. Good character and relationship development for the Greenway household. Truly, I felt like I was there observing all the developments. It was evident that the author had conducted a lot of research. Well done.
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I liked the characters but didn't like the end. Ultimately, I gave the book away. Not good enough to keep.
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