The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict

Each page uncovers fresh layers of pain, rage, genius and suffering, culminating with a firecracker of an ending. “What a read! Agatha Christie is so beautifully drawn, you could easily believe Benedict knew her intimately. Christie is a deft, fascinating page-turner replete with richly drawn characters and plot twists that would stump Hercule Poirot.” – Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network, The Huntress, and the upcoming The Rose Code “A winning whodunit from the thrilling life story of the mistress of whodunits, Agatha Christie herself, The Mystery of Mrs. Knitting spinsters sold separately.)” – Lauren Willig, New York Times bestselling author But you just might find a solution to the puzzle here…. Christie is part domestic thriller, part Golden Age mystery– and all Marie Benedict! An absorbing and immersive plunge into the disturbed private life of one of the world’s most beloved authors, who confounded police, journalists, and generations of biographers when she disappeared from her home, like something out of one of her own novels.

“Stunning… The ending is ingenious, and it’s possible that Benedict has brought to life the most plausible explanation for why Christie disappeared for 11 days in 1926.” -The Washington Post 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.įans of The Secrets We Kept, The Lions of Fifth Avenue, and The Alice Network will enjoy this riveting saga of literary history, suspense, and love gone wrong. 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.

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 the car - strange for a frigid night. In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing.

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict