The Mystery Of Agatha Christie

David Suchet says that he knows Agatha Christie's most famous creation, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, perhaps better than he knows himself. Now, David embarks on a journey to learn more about the author who created Poirot, Miss Marple, and Tommy and Tuppence, and whose books remain outsold only by Shakespeare and The Bible. From the pastoral ideal of the British country house to the exotic mysteries of the East, her vivid construction of character and place combine with the dramatic moral complexities of her books to captivate readers by the millions.

Agatha Christie's life was as shrouded in mystery as her novels were: from a tempestuous love life plagued with heartbreak and betrayal to the bizarre disappearance in 1926 which convinced the nation she had succumbed to the same horrendous fate as the victims she penned. David explores the close links between Agatha's extraordinary life and her work and discovers just what it is about this woman that allowed her to become the bestselling murder mystery writer in history.