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A review by cooperca
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
4.0
"In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy lake, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car - strange for a frigid night."
Agatha Christie went missing for 11 pages. To this day, it remains a mystery. Even Ms. Christie choose to skirt around those 11 days in her biography. So Ms. Benedict's fictionalized version of what took place and why Ms. Christie remained silent all these years was an interesting premise.
Told between two storylines, one from Agatha's POV that spans several years detailing the Christie's courtship, her writing her first novel, to the breakdown of their marriage and her disappearance and the second one told from Archie's POV that spans the 11 day of Agatha's disappearance.
I found the premise behind the disappearcne reasonable and clever. The Queen of mystery controlling the narrative of her story and the end of her marriage was rather brilliant actually.
The story was told with a slow burn and although the reveal was satisfying, it was a little anti-climatic.
A solid read.
Agatha Christie went missing for 11 pages. To this day, it remains a mystery. Even Ms. Christie choose to skirt around those 11 days in her biography. So Ms. Benedict's fictionalized version of what took place and why Ms. Christie remained silent all these years was an interesting premise.
Told between two storylines, one from Agatha's POV that spans several years detailing the Christie's courtship, her writing her first novel, to the breakdown of their marriage and her disappearance and the second one told from Archie's POV that spans the 11 day of Agatha's disappearance.
I found the premise behind the disappearcne reasonable and clever. The Queen of mystery controlling the narrative of her story and the end of her marriage was rather brilliant actually.
The story was told with a slow burn and although the reveal was satisfying, it was a little anti-climatic.
A solid read.