Download or read book The Mystery of Mrs Christie written by Marie Benedict and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER! "A stunning story... 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 The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room returns with a thrilling reconstruction of one of the most notorious events in literary history: Agatha Christie's mysterious 11-day disappearance in 1926. In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. 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. 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. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away. The puzzle of those missing eleven days has persisted. 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. What is real, and what is mystery? What role did her unfaithful husband play, and what was he not telling investigators? Agatha 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. Fans 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. Other Bestselling Historical Fiction from Marie Benedict: Lady Clementine The Only Woman in the Room Carnegie's Maid The Other Einstein
Download or read book The Enigmatic Disappearance of Agatha Christie written by Johana Connor and published by UB Tech. This book was released on with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agatha Christie vanished from her Sunningdale, Berkshire, home on the evening of December 3 and went missing for 11 days. The largest missing person manhunt in British history began when the crime writer's abandoned car was found. It's astonishing that such a well-chronicled event of Christie's life has remained resistant to the narrative closure that was so vital to her own work considering her status as the bestselling author of all time, outselling only the Bible and Shakespeare in terms of sales. Whether Agatha Christie's disappearance was caused by the psychological repercussions of the sadness she was experiencing or if there were additional factors may never be known. But there's no denying that her marriage to Archie Christie disintegrating was a painful event. After ultimately divorcing in 1928, Archie married Nancy Neele, his mistress. Later, Agatha married Max Mallowan, an archaeologist, in 1930. On January 12, 1976, at the age of 85, Agatha Christie passed away at her Wallington, Oxfordshire, home from age-related natural causes.
Download or read book The Mystery of Agatha Christie written by Gwen Robyns and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1978 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biography of the first lady of crime--Dame Agatha Christie.
Download or read book Agatha Christie written by Laura Thompson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been one hundred years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. A brilliant and award winning biographer, Laura Thompson now turns her sharp eye to Agatha Christie. Arguably the greatest crime writer in the world, Christie's books still sell over four million copies each year—more than thirty years after her death—and it shows no signs of slowing.But who was the woman behind these mystifying, yet eternally pleasing, puzzlers? Thompson reveals the Edwardian world in which Christie grew up, explores her relationships, including those with her two husbands and daughter, and investigates the many mysteries still surrounding Christie's life, most notably, her eleven-day disappearance in 1926.Agatha Christie is as mysterious as the stories she penned, and writing about her is a detection job in itself. With unprecedented access to all of Christie's letters, papers, and notebooks, as well as fresh and insightful interviews with her grandson, daughter, son-in-law and their living relations, Thompson is able to unravel not only the detailed workings of Christie's detective fiction, but the truth behind this mysterious woman.
Download or read book Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days written by Jared Cade and published by Peter Owen Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 3rd 1926 crime writer Agatha Christie, 1890-1976, disappeared from her home in Berkshire, leaving her car abandoned off the road. She turned up 11 days later, claiming to be suffering from amnesia; based on true incident.
Download or read book Agatha Christie written by Andrew Norman and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-12-26 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Agatha Christie, the so-called 'Queen of Crime', disappeared from her home in Sunningdale in Berkshire for eleven days on 3 December 1927, the whole nation held its breath. This work explains, in the light of scientific knowledge, her behaviour during that troubled time.
Download or read book The Last September written by Nina de Gramont and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Brett's charismatic husband Charlie is murdered, she is determinded to find out who is to blame. Set against the desolate autumn beauty of Cape Cod, The Last September is a riveting emotional puzzle that takes readers inside the psyche of a woman facing the meaning of love and loyalty.
Download or read book The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim written by Agatha Christie and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-23 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim" is a captivating short story by Agatha Christie, featuring the astute Hercule Poirot. In this intriguing narrative, Mr. Davenheim, a wealthy and seemingly content man, disappears without a trace, leaving Poirot to unravel the mystery. As Poirot delves into the circumstances surrounding Mr. Davenheim's disappearance, he uncovers a series of unexpected twists and hidden secrets. Agatha Christie's storytelling prowess is on full display as Poirot navigates the complexities of the case, employing his keen powers of observation and deduction. "The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim" offers readers a concise yet thoroughly satisfying glimpse into Christie's ability to craft a compelling mystery. With its clever plotting, engaging characters, and Poirot's brilliant investigative techniques, this short story stands as another testament to Agatha Christie's enduring legacy in the world of detective fiction.
Download or read book Agatha Christie s Complete Secret Notebooks Stories and Secrets of Murder in the Making written by John Curran and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agatha Christie's Complete Secret Notebooks brings together for the first time Secret Notebooks and Murder in the Making, two volumes that explore the fascinating contents of her 73 notebooks. This includes illustrations, deleted extracts, unused ideas, two unpublished Poirot stories and a lost Miss Marple.
Download or read book The Murder on the Links written by Agatha Christie and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1923 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monsieur Renauld dies on a golf course just days after sending a plea for help to detective Poirot. Since Renauld possessed a plundered fortune, a scorned wife, a mistress, and an estranged son, there is no lack of suspects. It's up to Poirot to put the police onto the culprit before more murders occur.
Download or read book Agatha written by Anne Martinetti and published by SelfMadeHero. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 1926, renowned crime novelist Agatha Christie vanished, sending shockwaves through British society. As the authorities scoured the country for her, theories and suspicions abounded: it was murder, a hoax, suicide, a publicity stunt, revenge. When she was finally located - ten days later, living under an assumed name in a hotel in Harrogate - she returned to normal life, refusing to explain what had happened. Despite Christie's reputation for final act revelations, this episode of her life would be forever shrouded in mystery
Download or read book Unnatural Death written by Dorothy L. Sayers and published by Memorable Classics Books. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers - Unnatural Death is a 1927 mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her third featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. It was published under the title The Dawson Pedigree in the United States in 1928. Plot: Lord Peter Wimsey and his friend Chief Inspector Parker are told about the death, in late 1925, of an elderly woman named Agatha Dawson who had been suffering from terminal cancer. She was being cared for by Mary Whittaker, her great-niece and a trained nurse. Miss Dawson had an extreme aversion to making a will, believing that Miss Whittaker, her only known relative, would naturally inherit everything. Wimsey is intrigued in spite of the fact that there is no evidence of any crime (a post-mortem found no sign of foul play), nor any apparent motive (on Miss Dawson's death her estate did indeed pass, as she had expected and wished, to her great-niece). Wimsey sends his private investigator, Miss Katharine Climpson, to the village of Leahampton to investigate. She discovers that shortly before her death Miss Dawson had dismissed her maids, the sisters Bertha and Evelyn Gotobed. Wimsey places advertisements in the press asking them to get in touch. A few days later, Bertha is found dead in Epping Forest. On the body is a £5 banknote, originally issued to a Mrs Muriel Forrest who lives in an elegant flat in South Audley Street, Mayfair. Wimsey and Parker visit her. She claims not to remember the banknote, but thinks she may have put it on a horse. Wimsey tricks her into providing her fingerprints on a wineglass. In a drawer he finds a hypodermic syringe with a doctor's prescription "to be injected when the pain is very severe". Evelyn Gotobed tells Wimsey of an episode shortly before the sisters were dismissed in which Miss Whittaker had tried to get them to witness Miss Dawson's will, without the latter's knowledge. A mysterious West Indian clergyman named Hallelujah Dawson had also turned up, claiming to be an impecunious distant relative.
Download or read book The Mysterious Affair at Styles written by Agatha Christie and published by Ryerson Press ; New York : J. Lane ; London : J. Lane, 1920 (New York : J.J. Little & Ives). This book was released on 1920 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heiress of Styles has been murdered, dying in agony from strychnine slipped into her coffee. And there are plenty who would gain from her death: the financially strapped stepson, the gold digging younger husband, and an embittered daughter-in-law. Agatha Christie's eccentric and hugely popular detective, Hercule Poirot, was introduced to the world in this book, which launched her career as the most famous and best loved of all mystery writers.
Download or read book Murder of Roger Ackroyd written by Agatha Christie and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unfinished Portrait written by Agatha Christie and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bereft of the three people she has held most dear - her mother, her husband and her daughter - Celia is on the verge of suicide. Then one night on an exotic island she meets Larraby, a successful portrait painter. A long night of talk reveals how she is afraid to commit herself to a second chance of happiness with another person, yet is not brave enough to face life alone. Can Larraby help Celia come to terms with the past or will they part, her outcome still uncertain?"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Take Six Girls written by Laura Thompson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Wonderfully readable... Emphasises their sheer extraordinariness and celebrates them' MAIL ON SUNDAY. The eldest was a razor-sharp novelist of upper-class manners; the second was loved by John Betjeman; the third was a fascist who married Oswald Mosley; the fourth idolized Hitler and shot herself in the head when Britain declared war on Germany; the fifth was a member of the American Communist Party; the sixth became Duchess of Devonshire. They were the Mitford sisters: Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah. Born into country-house privilege, they became prominent as 'bright young things' in the high society of interwar London. Then, as the shadows crept over 1930s Europe, the stark – and very public – differences in their outlooks came to symbolise the political polarities of a dangerous decade. The intertwined stories of their lives – recounted in masterly fashion by Laura Thompson – hold up a revelatory mirror to upper-class English life before and after World War II.
Download or read book Agatha Christie A to Z written by Dawn B. Sova and published by Checkmark Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 2,500 entries examine the author's life and work, including her relationships with friends and family, her mysterious ten-day disappearance in 1926, synopses of her mystery stories, and film and stage adaptations of her works.
