Death At Greenway by Lori Rader-Day

 

I first became aware of Lori Rader-Day and her novel, Death At Greenway, back in October 2021 during a virtual author talk. I am an Agatha Christie fan as well as a lover of historical fiction and mystery novels. 

During the course of the virtual author event, I discovered that Death At Greenway is set in England during World War II on Agatha Christie's estate in Greenway and the storyline deals with a mystery! So, I just knew I had to read this novel!!

I listened to the unabridged audio version of Death At Greenway by Lori Rader-Day and narrated by Moira Quirk. I thought the novel started off slowly until the dead body was discovered. After that, the storyline did pick up, BUT I was ultimately disappointed with this novel overall. This novel wasn't what I was expecting and it was fairly lackluster on all accounts.

Below is the plot summary for Death At Greenway by Lori Rader-Day from Amazon's website:

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 10 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....

I am giving Death At Greenway by Lori Rader-Day a rating of 2 stars out of 5 stars.

Until my next post, happy reading!!