The Disappearance of Agatha Christie #MysteryMonday

December 6, 2021 by jowensauthor 2 Comments

An interesting post on one of my favorite authors.

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Hey, everyone. It’s time for the last Mystery Monday post of 2021. This month’s story is about one of my favorite authors.

A young Agatha Christie (Public Domain)

Agatha Christie is known for her sixty-six detective novels, fourteen short-story collections, and the world’s longest-running play, The Mousetrap. Her books have sold over a billion copies, making her the best-selling novelist of all time.

Several of her books were made into movies, including Murder on The Orient Express. I enjoyed the 1974 film with its all-star cast including Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Lauren Bacall, Albert Finney, and Jacqueline Bisset. (I was highly disappointed in the 2017 remake. The only positive thing I can say about it is Johnny Depp’s portrayal of the murderer Ratchett.) But enough about that.

Agatha Christie was born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller in 1890 in Torquay, Devon United Kingdom into a wealthy upper-middle-class family. Her American-born father…

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