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A Poisonous Journey, by Malia Zaidi, is a carefully crafted murder mystery set in Crete in the 1920s. Evelyn Carlisle, 24, tired of her English aunt’s stuffy ways, accepts her friend’s invitation to visit her in Crete, where her husband is working on an archaeological dig. Once there, she finds their fine house hides many secrets. At a dinner party, she meets the cast of characters. Early the next morning, she finds one of the guests dead in the garden. He’d been poisoned.
Each character has a story and a complication, which Evelyn and a friend of the murdered man must sort through. Nothing about the place and the people is as straight-forward as it seemed at first to Evelyn, something the author warned the reader about in the opening flashback to a murder in a cave.
Evelyn is a very likeable character: bright and curious, a young woman not afraid to get involved, ask questions and search for answers, even when she puts herself in great danger.
With beautiful descriptions of the island, the author transports the reader to 1920’s Crete, where the Great War’s legacy is still felt as a heavy weight despite the idyllic surroundings. As the story plays out, it becomes Evelyn’s journey as well. And in the end, while this case is solved, it’s clear that Evelyn’s taste for sleuthing will take her on further adventures. I look forward to reading them.
A thoroughly enjoyable read. Definitely recommended.


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A Poisonous Journey A Lady Evelyn Mystery Lady Evelyn Mysteries Malia Zaidi 9781631929939 Books Reviews

I am very disappointed and feel I've been duped. I have learned it's important to check the publisher. This novel is self published. From the first few pages it seemed stilted and amateurish. The dialogue is so bad I simply can't read anymore. I can't imagine why there are such positive reviews here. What a waste of money.
Great read funny, and a good mystery!
Very pleasant book to read, I recommend it. It makes you travel for real !
For those of you who love retro cozy mysteries, this one is a charmer! The author has a lovely, wispy style that immediately draws you into the story and holds your attention until the last page. The story is set on the island of Crete, which I suppose is a beautiful place for a murder. A truly engaging tale!
I'm an avid reader of novels and, I think, a fairly good critic. This book combines many of my favorite things, including travel, history, strong female characters and a little romance. I don't usually read murder mysteries, but this one was really engaging! I love the way the author left loose ends hanging throughout the book and then tied them together in the final chapters, and I love the way many of the characters matured and changed as the story unfolded. Bravo!
A Poisonous Journey The First Lady Evelyn Mystery (The Lady Evelyn Mysteries Book 1) by Malia Zaidi starts with an intriguing prologue, Crete 1908. Andros and his brother are in a tunnel when the light they have goes out and they are left in darkness like blind men. The well-written eerie feeling the tunnel projects comes through in description and dialogue as Andros tells his brother to watch his step or it may be his last. When their light goes back on, they have reached a destination and Andros is in joy, relief but his brother tone is strange and before the reader has a chance to know what they happened upon the blackness returns, this time endless. Here the story skips to London March 1925 and I’m hooked on wanting more, wanting to know what did Andros and his brother find and what happened to them. It’s off to a great start.

London 1925 Lady Evelyn Carlisle secretly runs away from her suffocating Aunt Agnes that raised her after she was orphaned in a fire when she was very young. A timely letter from her cousin, Briony, and she is off for a visit to Crete. (I’m wondering how this will tie in with the prologue—no spoilers) What starts out as a breath of fresh air, getting away from her claustrophobic existence in England, turns into a murder mystery her second day at the villa. On the backdrop of the lush roaring twenties, descriptions of nature that bring imagery from the page, and characters like Briony’s husband Jeffrey and other house guests Daniel Harper and Caspar Ballantine, etc. scenes are introduced and the story comes alive. As clues and oddities surface, Evelyn imagination goes into overdrive in wanting to discover what happened, the truth, and mysteries/things fall into place right down to another murder and surprising ending.

From the first word on the page, I love Lady Evelyn whose voice flow like honey in a time appropriate manner and I am reminded of the classics Jane Austin and Charlotte Bronte come to mind. This is a lovely read—prosaic literary music, and I moved through the story with ease and enjoyment. I’m looking forward to move from the very talented Malia Zaidi.
What a wonderful book. This book isn't your typical murder mystery since the murder doesn't happen in the first chapter. I was going to put the book down because to me it was taking so long to get to the murder but there was a reason for it. The author introduces all the characters in such a way that you can actually picture the characters right in front of you. The book had a touch of romance in it which made me think that these 2 people should get together since they are good for each other. To me all of the characters are likable with a few that have a dark side.

The reason I gave this book 5 stars which I hardly do is because of the description of the people and places. I know it's not easy to write a book and be point on for some of the scenes it takes a lot of time and research. Would I read more from this author absolutely just to see how the character has progressed.
A Poisonous Journey, by Malia Zaidi, is a carefully crafted murder mystery set in Crete in the 1920s. Evelyn Carlisle, 24, tired of her English aunt’s stuffy ways, accepts her friend’s invitation to visit her in Crete, where her husband is working on an archaeological dig. Once there, she finds their fine house hides many secrets. At a dinner party, she meets the cast of characters. Early the next morning, she finds one of the guests dead in the garden. He’d been poisoned.
Each character has a story and a complication, which Evelyn and a friend of the murdered man must sort through. Nothing about the place and the people is as straight-forward as it seemed at first to Evelyn, something the author warned the reader about in the opening flashback to a murder in a cave.
Evelyn is a very likeable character bright and curious, a young woman not afraid to get involved, ask questions and search for answers, even when she puts herself in great danger.
With beautiful descriptions of the island, the author transports the reader to 1920’s Crete, where the Great War’s legacy is still felt as a heavy weight despite the idyllic surroundings. As the story plays out, it becomes Evelyn’s journey as well. And in the end, while this case is solved, it’s clear that Evelyn’s taste for sleuthing will take her on further adventures. I look forward to reading them.
A thoroughly enjoyable read. Definitely recommended.