Kristel Thornell imagines Agatha Christie's disappearance in On the Blue Train

By Karen Hardy
Updated October 15 2016 - 11:09am, first published October 9 2016 - 12:27pm
At the age of 36, Agatha Christie suffered from amnesia and went missing for 11 days. Photo: Supplied
At the age of 36, Agatha Christie suffered from amnesia and went missing for 11 days. Photo: Supplied

On December 3, 1926 the author Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. All she left behind was a note to her secretary saying she was going to Yorkshire. The disappearance rocked the world, the news even made the front page of The New York Times. There was pressure from politicians, a national search ensued, a reward was offered but no one could find the woman who would go on to become the best-selling novelist of all time.

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