The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie BenedictMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Much better than Her Hidden Genius, which I shelved as unfinished. The chapters alternate between the years of the Christie's marriage and the days that Agatha is missing. In actuality, the two main characters could have had any names, since the Christie name did not enhance nor detract from the story of a woman's conforming to her image of the perfect wife only to have her husband grow bored and ask for a divorce. At first, she is devastated at this turn of events and attempts to keep her marriage and family intact. When it becomes evident that she cannot win, she manages to end the marriage on her terms and not as the discarded older, frumpier woman subject to pity and loss of esteem. Clever planning on her part--worthy of an Agatha plot.
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