Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is the world's best-selling crime writer. But behind the public persona of 'cosy Queen of Crime' lies a remarkable and complex woman. |...| 'A passionate and accomplished writer, Laura Thompson now turns her highly acclaimed biographical skills to Agatha Christiearguably the greatest crime writer in the world. Thompson describes the Edwardian world in which Christie grew up; explores the relationships she had, including those with her two husbands and daughter; and investigates the mysteries still surrounding Christie's lifeincluding her disappearance in 1926. For the first time, Christies six Mary Westmacott romance novelswritten under a pseudonym and highly revelatory about her hidden inner lifeare fully studied in a biography. Agatha Christie is a mystery and writing about her is a detection job in itself. But, with access to all of Christie's letters, papers, and writing notebooks, as well as interviews with her grandson, daughter, son-in-law, and their living relations, Thompson is able to unravel not only the detailed workings of Christies detective fiction, but the truth behind her private life as well'.