Did you know that famed mystery writer Agatha Christie went missing for more than a week? It's a very mysterious thing - Agatha herself never spoke of it, and didn't even mention it in her autobiography. It was played off at the time as amnesia but there is no way to know, and considering she is to this day the best selling mystery writer of all time, it's easy to think she could have planned something as a publicity stunt, or for some other, more personal reason.
This book is a speculative historical fiction novel that posits an explanation for the disappearance (I won't give it away). It was the latest book club choice, and I think it was a good one for book club. Despite devouring Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot stories when I was a kid, I was only vaguely aware of this event in her personal life, so this book was an entertaining way to learn more about her life. As is typical for "bestseller" type books, the writing is a tad clunky and there is a lot of telling rather than showing, but all in all this was a fast read that had me wanting to read more Agatha Christie books.
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