Agatha Christie died in 1976 at 85, the world’s most popular author. After the death of her only child, 73 handwritten notebooks came to light, from single jots to lists, to full outlines of memorable plots and characters, plus grocery and schedule memos from a bountiful creative mind – a complex web of connections to unravel and link. Actual notebook page reproductions. 2 unpublished Hercule Poirot short stories: “The Capture of Cerebrus”, and “The Incident of the Dog’s Ball”.
Okay, I’ve picked this book up thinking it was some kind of Sylvia Plath diaries but it wasn’t. Such a shame because I adore Agatha Christie and read all of her novels.
John Curran discussed on Agatha’s notes without giving us the actual notes… If you are into this kind of book, go for it. If not, don’t.
I love Agatha Christie, everything about her life.
I’ve read all her books that include Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, seen all the tv adaptations and read her autobiography and many other books that talk about her. She is an original, elusive woman. She is the first gone girl out there. And my subbies know how much I love Gone Girl. She even dined with the Queen!
“She described the experience of dining with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace as having a fairy-tale quality to it as she thought that it was something that she would never have the pleasure of experiencing, describing the Queen as ‘so small, and slender, in her simple dark red velvet gown with one beautiful jewel’, and remembering, ‘her kindness and easiness in talking.’”
She had a super interesting life, from disappearing after a breakup to living in Egypt with her second husband. She was amazing, I dedicate this post to her and to her mysterious books.
I won’t make a review on them because I’ve read them all, but as the cliche goes: there’s no Halloween without the Queen of Mystery herself, so please read her novels even if you aren’t into thrillers, they are freaking smart.
I suppose we are all aware of Agatha Christie’s work and if you don’t know about it, well… you’re missing out on the best thriller novels of all time. Agatha is famous for her novels, her mind, her detectives Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot but she is famous as well because she was the first ever Cool Girl who become the Gone Girl.
The love of her life Archie Christie, cheated on her and left her for another woman, a thing Agatha never dreamnt of ever happening.
So she did what every sane woman with a beating heart would had done, she lost it.
She disappeared on the night of December 2th, in the dead of the night, her car found abandoned near a lake and into the woods. The police and her husband searched for her with a whole world on their back thinking where could she be…?
Agatha Christie was found healthy and alive in a hotel, where she lived for 11 days straight.
When the police questioned her she said: “I don’t remember anything.” She walked away, but not before sending a big donation to the police because she wasted their resources according to a lot of people. What happened on those 11 days?
The Christie Affair is yet another book trying to piece the story of those 11 days, but this one has another vibe to it.
“The greatest mystery wasn’t Agatha Christie’s disappearance in those eleven infamous days, it’s what she discovered.”
This book wasn’t my cup of iced diet Coke… Although, I love to read anything Agatha Christie related, even if it’s a shady article posted online, this book didn’t cut it for me. It was more about the other woman, which is an impressive take on those 11 days but I just didn’t wanna hear about it.
It’s like you have a subject to write about, an amazing, mysterious subject that draws people in and you decide to write about your neighbour. Insane… It had REAL potential.
Reading in the mountains 