From the author of the "fast-paced, pleasingly twisted, and creepy thriller" (Shelf Awareness, starred review) A Talent for Murder and Death in a Desert Land comes another intelligent mystery filled with countless twists and turns following the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, as she investigates a hotel owner's mysterious death.
Bestselling novelist and part-time undercover sleuth Agatha Christie is looking forward to a bit of rest and relaxation after solving an intricately planned murder in the middle-eastern ruins of Ur. But shortly after arriving home in London, her longtime friend Agent Davidson pleads with her to help him protect a retired British agent turned hotelier who has been receiving threatening letters.

Together they travel to the Dallach Lodge, a beautiful estate on Scotland's picturesque Isle of Skye, where they insert themselves among the hotel's illustrious guests. Among the residents are members of the owner's family, a leading...