Eleven Days

Eleven episodes examine every aspect of Agatha Christie's famous disappearance, seeking – as far as is possible – to penetrate the blank space in the long and brilliant life, which leaves her ever more emblematic of the genre that she defines: the mystery writer who held her own mystery. Addressing the questions that have never been answered: why, for instance, a week into the eleven days, did Agatha place an advertisement in the personal columns of The Times ? and following the clues that still reside, for instance, within the vast quantities of newsprint from the period, this is a short, stylish book. An examination of a myth; a gleaming sliver of biography; an irresistible puzzle that the reader, too, will feel compelled to try and solve.