Worthy of Agatha Christie, herself

 

⭑⭑⭑⭑  Much has been made of the 11 day disappearance of mystery author Agatha Christie in 1926. Here, we have a fictionalised account of what could have happened. What would the queen of murder mysteries think of such a story? I expect she would be tickled pink to have her own personal mystery so ingeniously devised and executed.

The story is told from the view point of Nan O'Dea, Agatha's husband's piece on the side. A bold move but it works so well as she is frank and brutally honest in her own fashion, feeding much depth and emotion into the story. Maybe not wholly plausible but a number of fantastic twists along the way to keep the reader attentive.

I listened to the audio of this novel and am most pleased I did. The excellence of the narration and variety of voice stylings impressed me. Quite a bit of ground was covered, vocally, with the proper cut glass English accent of Agatha, the rough London accent of young Nan and a bit of Irish thrown in as well. A comfortable story to listen to and sink into, I feel it's an inspired bit of fiction with twists aplenty to please Ms. Christie and her many fans.