Book Review: The Mystery of Mrs. Christie

 Book Review: The Mystery of Mrs. Christie 

By Marie Benedict 

Agatha Christie, one of the most well-known mystery writer has gone missing. For eleven days Mrs. Christie is gone, her husband and daughter have no idea her whereabouts. Her husband, Archie, is becoming the prime suspect with his own secrets to hide. 

Questions rise when her car is found empty with only a fur coat found inside. 

Going back and forth between flash backs on when Agatha and Archie fell in love to the present when Agatha is missing. Question arise around what really happened to Mrs. Christie until the day that she reappears claiming amnesia. 

But what really happened during those eleven days? Or does the mystery writer has her own mystery to share?

I love Agatha Christie's novels, And Then There Were None was my introduction to my favourite author of all time. Her novels are timeless and intriguing with fantastic detectives including Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple. 

But her life was not perfect, with a disloyal husband and lots of judgement on her back, Agatha Christie had her own secrets to hide. During 1926, Agatha Christie went missing for eleven days. When she returned she claimed amnesia and never told the story of what happened during those days. 

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie tells the story of what might have happened, the behind of scenes of what her first husband, Archibald Christie went through during those days. The narrative goes back and forth between the past of when Archie and Agatha met to the present time when she's missing. 

Benedict does a great job of captivating the reader to try to guess what did happening during those days, where did the mystery writer go? And makes the reader love and hate the characters involved. 

However, I felt a little let down by the ending of this novel. 

I gave this novel a ⭐⭐⭐ review, even though I didn't enjoy the ending, I did like the writing and overall story throughout the rest of the book.