What readers think of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie, plus links to write your own review.

I enjoyed this book. I found it to be a bit of a slow burn but I think I liked it because it was. I also like the format of the book going back and forth between a manuscript and Archies point of view. A good book for fans of Agatha Christie.

Marie Benedict is one of my favorite authors which drew me to pick this book to read and review. Even though this is historical fiction I like the way the author gave a voice to Agatha and all she went through during her marriage. The reason for her disappearance as laid out to Archie shows her cleverness and in turn the reason for her successful career.
I investigated her disappearance further and find it interesting with all the publicity and people looking for her that she did not come forward sooner to let everyone know she was alive.
Was it a publicity stunt as some claim or revenge for her husband's affair because he did become a suspect in her disappearance. Agatha never divulged her reason but the whole affair resulted in her books becoming very popular.
The author does an excellent job of bringing to light the mystery writer's unsolved mystery!

In 1926, Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared for 11 days leaving her husband and small daughter behind. England was riveted to the investigation and thousands of citizens joined in the search for the famous author.
Marie Benedict has re-imagined this story as a battle of wills between Christie and her husband Col. Archibald Christie. There are two narratives, that of Mrs. Christie's starting in the early days of the couple's courtship and that of Col. Christie's during the time of the search for his missing wife. Like any good mystery, there are unreliable narrators, misdirection and unexpected plot twists. One of the pleasures of this novel is seeing how Christie's life and environment is reflected in her books. This is a must read for fans of Agatha Christie as well as readers with an interest in stories set in the years around World War 1 in England.

The tale of Agatha Christie's 11 day disappearance is one I have read about before and have even seen a movie about. Marie Benedict brings the story to life from a whole new perspective, or at least new to me.

The story is told from several points of view. The courtship of Archie and Agatha, Agatha life leading up to the disappearance and that of Archie left behind to fend for or defend himself.

It is said that Agatha never spoke of the disappearance during her lifetime, but there are certain clues, if you will, that seem to appear in all accounts. Marie Benedict uses these known fact to tell her story.

As in other historical fiction books such as The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin and the Paris Wife by Paula McLain, the husband's reputation doesn't fair well by the book's end. Archie Christie is depicted as having had designs on Agatha when she was young, winning her over and then discarding her when he was ready to move on. Upon Agatha's realization this had been the course of her life, she puts a positive spin on the fact that she would not be who she is and achieved all she had if she hadn't had to go down this path.

I recommend this to all who enjoy historical fiction.

This is a gripping piece of historical fiction, imagining what might have transpired during the real-life disappearance of Agatha Christie. The story was well developed, although I had trouble aligning the two very different personalities of Mrs. Christie, as told from the points of view of herself and her husband, Archie. An interesting story that I knew nothing about prior to reading the novel. Book clubs will enjoy discussing the "what ifs" that inevitably crop up throughout the book.

By the time I enrolled in college, I had read all of Agatha Christie's books. I loved them. This book, a fictional look at a real event in Agatha Christie's life, was quite good. The author wrote the story in a way that was as interesting as a "real" Agatha Christie and offered a believable backstory to her disappearance.

Very good book. Benedict effectively bounces from Agatha's meeting and courtship with Christie to their marriage, birth of their daughter and their life together. It's a believable story of the disappearance of Mrs. Christie. The only thing keeping me from a 5 star rating is that some aspects of the disappearance seemed to fit together too neatly. I'll be reading more from this author.

Marie Benedict has crafted a very good fictional explanation for the brief disappearance of mystery writer Agatha Christie. Both characters, Agatha and Archie Christie, are fully created in their personalities and their lifestyles. The book alternates chapters, told from both husband and wife point-of-views for most of the novel. Archie is quite villainous in character, while Agatha emerges as a strong, self-sufficient woman despite her cheating, loathsome husband. I almost felt like a marriage counselor, trying to mediate their quarrels.