 Mystery: May 31, 2006 Issue [#1066] |
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I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.
Agatha Christie
English mystery author (1890 - 1976) |
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Nothing is better than a real life mystery. And even better still when the mystery happens to the world’s most famous mystery writer, Dame Agatha Christie.
Mrs. Christie disappeared in real life on Friday, December 2, 1926. She wasn’t at her home in Berkshire, England, and she left no indication as to where she was. Her car was found abandoned in a chalk pit. A great furor arose. What happened to the queen of mysteries? Where was the creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple? Was she involved in her own mystery caper? Was she out searching for clues? Or had she met foul play?
Speculations flew. It was known that her mother had recently died, and her husband Archie, an aviator for the Royal Flying Corps, was having a fling with another woman. Had Dame Christie taken her own life in despair? Or was it all an elaborate publicity stunt?
The night of the disappearance she told her friends she was going out for a drive. Archie was spending the weekend with his girlfriend and Mrs. Christie seemed out of sorts. Her car was found in the pit with some of her clothes and identification still inside. Letters to her brother-in-law were produced, stating she was going on a trip to Yorkshire. She wrote another letter to the constable stating she feared for her life.
The police decided to dredge the lake near where her car was found. This was the same lake depicted in one of her murder mysteries where a character drowned. Thousands of volunteers went to look for the famous author, and Mr. Christie was questioned and followed by the police.
Eventually she was found out eleven days later at a spa type hotel in the town of Harrogate under the surname of her husband’s mistress. Some of the guests had recognized her picture from the newspapers and called the police in. Mr. Christie came to get his wife.
The official story was she was suffering from amnesia because of her mother’s death. She wouldn’t talk about it again, and didn’t mention it in her autobiography.
What do you think really happened? Did she do this for publicity? Or was she trying to punish her husband for cheating on her? Maybe she just needed a break from being the most famous mystery writer of her time.
There is a movie staring Vanessa Redgrave called Agatha about her disappearance. It is a fictionalized account of her disappearance. There is also a newer book out by Jared Cade called Agatha Christie and the Missing Eleven Days” published in 1998, along with other books about this subject.
Mrs. Christie went to her death bed never mentioning her own disappearance. The queen of mysteries left us with a mystery of her own…what really happened to her that night in December?
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PlannerDan  :I was quite pleased to see my Spam Hummer folder featured. There are so many really quality folks out there that it really is quite an honor. Thanks.
Sidekicks play an important part of the story. Although you usually have one sidekick, can a character have several?
Sure, I think so, but usually the character has one main sidekick who helps to solve the mysteries and the rest of frosting on the cake!
dizzyduck:Another great detective/sidekick team is Adrian Monk and Natalie Teeger from my ultimate, favoritest cop show ever "Monk." I thought Monk's previous "sidekick" Sharona was a pretty good character, and when she left and Natalie came on, I was sure I wouldn't like her, but I think Nat's much better for Monk than Sharona ever was. He needs someone who doesn't baby him so much. In fact, I like her much more than I did Sharona, even though she was a good character too. It's just an all-around excellent show - the mysteries are ever-intriguing and the acting is some of the best I've seen on TV.
Anyway, great NL, you tackled what I think's an important subject in mystery. Oh, and thanks for "listening" to me ramble. :D
dizzy
I have never seen the show, but I know it has a lot of fans!
billwilcox:Schippers!
Sidekicks are always great for comic relief in a story. They are bumblers who seem to have an uncanny ability to stumble upon the facts or the missing clue that helps solve the crime. Thanks for shining a light on them.
I think I would be cast as the sidekick then...
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