Marg was our host for the first meeting of the 2024 year. Present were Beth, Betty, Carla, Colette, Linda, Marg, Michèle and Shirley. Betty presented the book The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict.
This is the second book we have read by Marie Benedict. Most of her novels are based on true women and tell the story of women that may not have been known. This novel is about the 11 day disappearance of the author Agatha Christie. It is written in a different style than her previous books. Agatha had been challenged by her sister to write the unsolvable mystery. Was this 11 day dissapearance the manuscript of this drama?
Marie Benedict tells the story of Agatha's life, her marriage to Archie Christie and the difficulties of the marriage. She relates the search for Agatha that was the big story in Great Britain. Is the story of her disappearance as it is written what really happened? As this is a novel, we don't really know what happened during those 11 days and why Agatha dissappeared.
It left us as readers, wondering what really happened. They divorced and Archie's lover, Nancy Neele was named in the divorce decree as Agatha insisted. This gave Agatha custody of her daughter. Has Marie Benedict, in this novel managed to get to the truth of Agatha's disappearance? We will never know.
Thank you Betty for this recommendation.
