the mystery of agatha christie by marie benedict

Then the author began to muse about plausible answers to the puzzle of those missing days. Little about her life pleased him from her writing, her books, her personality and her appearance. Christie was trapped in an unhappy marriage with a man who abused her emotionally again and again. While this is a departure from her normal writing, Ms. The author focuses her works on women of our past. Did she do this as a publicity stunt to encourage sales of her mysteries? Was she kidnapped? Is someone, perhaps her husband, responsible for her disappearance? The puzzle of the missing days continues even today and many have offered explanations yet the questions remain. Her husband and daughter had no ideas where she might have gone and authorities set about organizing a huge manhunt to find her. The only clues are some tire tracks and her fur coat which she apparently abandoned on an extremely cold night. Investigators found her car on the edge of a deep, gloomy lake. Missing for eleven days, in December, 1926, the fledgling author reappears with no explanations. What is real, and what is mystery? What role did her unfaithful husband play, and what was he not telling investigators?Īgatha Christie novels have withstood the test of time, due in no small part to Christie's masterful storytelling and clever mind that may never be matched, but Agatha Christie's untold history offers perhaps her greatest mystery of all.

With her trademark historical fiction exploration into the shadows of the past, acclaimed author Marie Benedict brings us into the world of Agatha Christie, imagining why such a brilliant woman would find herself at the center of such murky historical mysteries. The puzzle of those missing eleven days has persisted. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away. Her World War I veteran husband and her daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. more » e car - strange for a frigid night. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in th. In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing.

A thrilling reconstruction of one of the most notorious events in literary history: Agatha Christie's mysterious 11-day disappearance in 1926.

The mystery of agatha christie by marie benedict