This book was a cozy curl up on the couch type of book and very enjoyable. I look forward to the rest of the series.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher!

This is the definition of a cozy mystery. The ski chalet bookshop could not be a more perfect setting and the Christie sisters were delightful. This wasn’t too deep or heavy but just a fun read. And I definitely didn’t suspect who the killer was!

Is there anyone who has read this book that doesn't want to escape into it? I mean, aside from the death it's the absolutely perfect place. And as a fan of mysteries the death just adds to the intrigue. The characters are delightful but more than anything you'll fall in love with the atmosphere and the story.

5/5 a perfect cozy

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this cozy mystery book! The characters were interesting and likable. It was a happy and entertaining read

The Christie sisters are officially running the family bookshop in a small town when a bookshop vistor is murdered on the gondala. Now the sisters and their cat, Agatha, must use their mystery book expertise to solve a real life murder. Once the man’s identity is discovered, the town is shocked and many residents become possible suspects for knowingly not getting along.

Agatha Christie fans will love the constant references, the cozy vibes of books, coffee, and cats as well as the close knit family who work tireless together to solve the mystery.

How lucky would it be to have a bookshop in your family that gets passed to the next generation? Ellie Christie and her sister return to the little ski town to take over their family mystery bookshop that has a resident cat named Agatha. Could there be a more picturesque setting? I think not.

I really enjoyed this cozy mystery. Ellie isn't in town long before a body is discovered in a ski gondola, one of her employees goes missing, and a bunch of other connections to her shop gets her entangled in all of the town drama. Isn't that always the way? I really liked the characters and banter in this cozy, and the winter vibes were on point. In true cozy fashion, we get food and book descriptions, very little icky gore, and a vague love interest. I liked being along for the ride. I'll pick up the next installment that comes out soon!

Short Synopsis: Ellie returns to Colorado to help run her family bookshop, when A winter whiteout has everyone trapped and a man is found dead on the gondola.

My thoughts: I adored this small ski town in Colorado, it totally gave me vibes of a similar town in Utah with a particular bookshop I love to visit whenever I'm there! The characters were great especially the Cat Agatha. I think every bookstore should have a bookshop cat! As a huge fan of books about books, the bookshop was the perfect location for such a fun cozy mystery.

This had such a fun cast of characters spun off Agatha Christie and her mysteries. The townspeople were so fun and typical of a small town, had to have their noses in everyone else's business. I thoroughly enjoyed trying to solve the case along with the amateur sleuths.

Read if you love:
- Cozy mysteries
- Ski mountain settings
- Agatha Christie
- Bookshops and cats
- Sisterly sleuths

This mystery will be great for my students. They will enjoy unraveling the clues and story building up to the end. They will also be so happy to know that it's a series and can look forward to new books being added to their library.

I love the idea of this book but the writing just doesn't grab me. It took me two months to get through it. I just didn't care enough to sit down and continue reading for long periods. The mystery was interesting, and as a librarian, I love books related to bookstores. I really can't explain why I didn't particularly like it but I didn't. If you like cozy mysteries, give it a shot, but don't expect an "edge of your seat" mystery - it's slow even for a cozy mystery

What a cute story about death and deceit.

The Christie sisters and family love their little nook of a bookstore in a picturesque ski town. I would love to have a place like theirs.

This story is entertaining and keeps you guessing as to who did it and where the missing employee is.

Thanks to NetGalley for my gifted copy of this book in exchange for honest opinion and review.
Dead and Gondola is a cute and breezy whodunit. The setting is a cute snowy mountain setting and the story has fun characters and a store kitty that was too adorable! Quick and easy read. Killer was easy to spot but I still enjoyed the reveal. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4!

Picture this: It’s winter in a small, stars hollow esque town in Colorado. A fresh layer of powder has just been dropped and locals and tourists alike are swarming the town on their way to the slopes. Downtown a small bookshop is hosting their monthly mystery book club, complete with special guest. The night is going smoothly except for a mysterious guest who is acting a little too strange for comfort. And then your famous guest decides to hijack the meeting with a seance that ends with a ouija board that spells out dead man. Other than some weird vibes, nothing happens until a few days later the mysterious stranger ends up dead…

Things are definitely off to an interesting start for our July pick - Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire. This is the first book in a cozy mystery series that promises food literary fun. And honestly, I don’t think it delivered. There are a lot of issues with the storytelling and the writing that left me slogging through this one just wanting it to end already. This month’s title is rated PG for Adults and includes the tame content warnings of murder, larceny, and lying. It ended up with a CAWPILE rating of 3 which equals a whopping 2 stars out of five.

Thank you Netgalley for an advance copy of this book.
Dead and Gondola is just the read you need after a summer of HEAVY fiction. Full of book loving intrigue, twisty mystery, endearing and annoying characters, as well as sister love and families made out of people who just care about each other. A fun read for the stormy night at my house last night. Loved it.

Ellie has recently returned to run the family bookstore with her sister Meg. Ellie lives in an apartment above the store. A stranger who had visited their shop was found dead in a gondola that takes people down the mountain. The only road in is blocked and Ellie and Meg must figure out who killed the stranger before Ellie becomes the next victim. Old friends and new help, or do they? Ellie needs all her instincts to figure out who the trust before it's too late.

A fun cozy mystery! Recommended if you love books, bookstores, golden age mysteries, and sleepy little ski towns. Will be looking forward to future installments.

Thank you Random House Publishing and NetGalley for e-ARC of the book.

The Christie family owns a Book Chalet in a small town in Colorado. Besides A common last name this family shares passion for books and mysteries with famous Agatha Christie. The calm small town life is disturbed when a mysterious visitor dies in a ski gondola. The Christie family can't stay away from investigation not only because of curiosity but as the dead man left some mysterious clues at their bookshop.

I enjoyed reading this book and it was really hard for me to put it down. I wanted to spend more time with wonderful characters and coziness of a small town.

I liked this one about two sisters who own a bookstore...anything involving books always grabs my attention! The title of the series is based on the sisters' last name: Christie. They are typical small town store owners. They love their customers and they just gave it a feel of a small town family owned bookstore where I would frequent. It also made sense that they named their cat Agatha (obviously after the mystery writer, Agatha Christie).

I was a bit overwhelmed at first by all of the characters introduced in such a quick fashion that it lost me. I don't like having to go back and re-discover who this or that character is because I wasn't given enough info on him/her before moving on to the next, so that was a downfall of the book/plot for me. I am strong on characterization and I feel like this book fell short on that aspect.

As it continued and there were twists in the story, that really helped my pleasure of reading this cozy mystery. So I ended up liking it but I wanted to love it.

This was a fun and free spirited. The was some parts that were hard to get through. The characters were fun and entertaining. I would recommend this to friends and family. Look forward to what the author has in store if there’s more to the series

I was intrigued by the title and book blurb, and had high hopes for Dead and Gondola, but sadly, I was disappointed. I found it to be too fast paced, with no time to actually get to know the characters. I even had trouble remembering the names of the mains. The story itself was okay, no great revelations nor twists to keep you interested. As a first attempt, I found it pretty good, just not great. I think there's a lot to play with, and if the author continues to grow and improve, I feel she'll have a nice series. Thanks to Net galley and/or the publisher for giving me this title in exchange for an honest review

A nice cozy, the mystery is really secondary to the setting and characters, and this one captures a book lovers paradise, with a side of murder.