All went well for a time until they started to have strange occurrences with pictures falling off walls and crockery being smashed when no one was in the room – a poltergeist, which scared all their guests and their income away. They didn't want to sell the house as it provided plenty of room for them compared to their small flat and they had plans to open it to paying guests to supplement their income. They also expected to inherit some money to go with the house but to their surprise there was little forthcoming.
She and her impoverished, invalid, widowed mother inherited a house from a well-off sister of her father's some time back. It is just before Christmas when a young lady called Monica Deane calls at the Blunt's agency. 'This book is a gem: fresh, intelligent and assured' Sunday Times 'This splendid account of life and work is unlikely to be bettered' Evening Standard 'Affectionate, admiring, perceptive and absolutely convincing' Sunday Telegraph Her book is a superb piece of biography' Literary Review 'Laura Thompson has certainly written the last word on Agatha Christie. 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 Christie's detective fiction, but the truth behind her private life as well. In this biography, Laura Thompson describes the Edwardian world in which she grew up, explores the relationships she had, including those with her two husbands and daughter, and investigates the mysteries still surrounding Christie's life - including her disappearance in 1926.Īgatha Christie is a mystery and writing about her is a detection job in itself. It has been 100 years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. is a pretty much perfect capturing of a life' Kate Mosse, Book of the Year 2007 Fans of Murder on the Orient Express won't want to miss out on this insight into the life of arguably the greatest crime writer in the world, as Laura Thompson turns her highly acclaimed biographical skills to Agatha Christie.
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