{"product_id":"agatha-christie-9781681776538","title":"Agatha Christie","description":"\u003cb\u003eAN EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD FINALIST \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Six \u003c\/i\u003enow turns her formidable biographical skills to the greatest crime writer in the world, Agatha Christie.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt has been one hundred years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. A brilliant and award winning biographer, Laura Thompson now turns her sharp eye to Agatha Christie. Arguably the greatest crime writer in the world, Christie's books still sell over four million copies each year--more than thirty years after her death--and it shows no signs of slowing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut who was the woman behind these mystifying, yet eternally pleasing, puzzlers? Thompson reveals the Edwardian world in which Christie grew up, explores her relationships, including those with her two husbands and daughter, and investigates the many mysteries still surrounding Christie's life, most notably, her eleven-day disappearance in 1926. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgatha Christie is as mysterious as the stories she penned, and writing about her is a detection job in itself. With unprecedented access to all of Christie's letters, papers, and notebooks, as well as fresh and insightful 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 this mysterious woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA writer and freelance journalist, Laura Thompson won the Somerset Maugham award for her first book, The Dogs, and is also the author of the critically acclaimed biography of Nancy Mitford, \u003ci\u003eLife in a Cold Climate\u003c\/i\u003e. Her most recent book, \u003ci\u003eThe Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e, was a national bestseller.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51676151185682,"sku":"9781681776538","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_06ac064f-c3d2-4923-95a9-38ff4605531e.jpg?v=1761046329","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/agatha-christie-9781681776538","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}