

Then a couple of years ago I became conscious that interest in that case seemed to be on the rise. I saw and recall enjoying the story well enough but I can’t say I gave much more thought to the real life events that inspired it.

Several seasons into the revived run of the show there was an episode, The Unicorn and the Wasp, that was centered upon the mystery of the author’s disappearance.

I suspect that the first time I learned about the strange disappearance of Agatha Christie was in connection with the other great interest of my adult life, the British science fiction show Doctor Who. The puzzle of those missing eleven days has persisted What is real, and what is mystery? What role did her unfaithful husband play and what was he not telling investigators? Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away. Her husband and daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy lake, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car – strange for a frigid night. In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing.
