the mystery of mrs christie a novel by marie benedict

Agatha talks about unreliable narrators-even saying that people are the unreliable narrator of their own stories.Let’s talk about how that advice proved to be toxic for Agatha. Agatha’s mother tells her that Archie must always come first no matter what.What was behind his pursue of Agatha? Did he think she came from money? Do you believe he ever truly cared for her?

He takes a huge interest in Agatha in the beginning but that quickly disappears.

Archie is a bit of a mystery in many ways.

What did you think about the dual timelines-reading it from Archie and Agatha’s perspectives?.

What were the key motivating factors behind this?

Let’s talk about the decision by Agatha to disappear.

Did you know about Agatha Christie’s disappearance prior to reading this novel?.

Book Club Questions for The Mystery of Mrs. What is real, and what is mystery? What role did her unfaithful husband play, and what was he not telling investigators?Īgatha Christie novels have withstood the test of time, due in no small part to Christie’s masterful storytelling and clever mind that may never be matched, but Agatha Christie’s untold history offers perhaps her greatest mystery of all. With her trademark historical fiction exploration into the shadows of the past, acclaimed author Marie Benedict brings us into the world of Agatha Christie, imagining why such a brilliant woman would find herself at the center of such murky historical mysteries. The puzzle of those missing eleven days has persisted. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away. Her World War I veteran husband and her daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car - strange for a frigid night. In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. It was hard to read how much Agatha had sacrificed for him but happy she’ll eventually left him behind. It was good to see him get played and he had no way of breaking free from the game. What a selfish and just overall horrible guy.

I said it in my review but Archie is the worst.

I liked the cat-and-mouse aspect between Agatha and Archie. We know right off the bat that Agatha’s disappearance is planned but we don’t know how she did it or what was the end game. I really enjoyed this one! It was nice to read a different type of historical fiction book-this one does have a bit of a mystery component to it as well.

The mystery of mrs christie a novel by marie benedict