Comments on: Agatha Christie – An English Mystery http://www.thecrimehouse.com/agatha-christie-an-english-mystery/ Deckarhuset.se in English Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:20:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Miss Lemon's Mysteries http://www.thecrimehouse.com/agatha-christie-an-english-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Miss Lemon's Mysteries Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:22:14 +0000 http://www.thecrimehouse.com/?p=127#comment-25 I felt the same way about Laura Thompson's bio -- a bit uneven, a bit too much hagiography. But interesting, nevertheless. If you haven't yet read it, I'd recommend Jared Cade's Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days. Cade's sole aim is to get to the bottom of AC's disappearance, and the text reads very much like a real-life mystery. Very absorbing and lots of original research and personal interviews with witnesses who were still alive when he wrote the book. As for AC herself, Miss Lemon's favourites are: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) and Death Comes as the End (1944) -- set in ancient Egypt and brilliant proof that murder is no 20th century (or British!) invention. Happy reading! I felt the same way about Laura Thompson’s bio — a bit uneven, a bit too much hagiography. But interesting, nevertheless. If you haven’t yet read it, I’d recommend Jared Cade’s Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days. Cade’s sole aim is to get to the bottom of AC’s disappearance, and the text reads very much like a real-life mystery. Very absorbing and lots of original research and personal interviews with witnesses who were still alive when he wrote the book.

As for AC herself, Miss Lemon’s favourites are: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) and Death Comes as the End (1944) — set in ancient Egypt and brilliant proof that murder is no 20th century (or British!) invention.

Happy reading!

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