The Mysterious Affair of Agatha Christie

Amanda June 12, 2008

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by Mac Carey
It's a story that even the Queen of Crime couldn't have come up with: the mysterious disappearance of the most famous writer in England and subsequent nationwide search, then fifty years later a seance in a glamorous Istanbul hotel and the discovery of a key that could solve the whole mystery.
It all began on December 14th 1926. For the past eleven days England and the rest of the English-speaking world had been up in arms over the disappearance of none other than one of the most famous authors in the world. Agatha Christie, the best-selling murder mystery writer, had left her ho...

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