Marie Benedict is a lawyer with more than ten years’ experience as a litigator at two of the country’s premier law firms, who found her calling unearthing the hidden stories of women. Her mission is to unearth the most important, complex, and fascinating women of history and bring them to present day to unlock the depth of their contributions. She is the best-selling author of “The Other Einstein,” “Carnegie’s Maid,” “The Only Woman in the Room,” and “Lady Clementine.” Her new book “The Mystery of Mrs. Christie” is out today and reconstructs one of the most notorious events in literary history: Agatha Christie’s mysterious 11-day disappearance in 1926. (amazon, 2020)

After Agatha Christie disappears, investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond. The only clues include tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car — strange for a frigid night. Her World War I veteran husband and her daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away. The puzzle of those missing eleven days has persisted. In “The Mystery of Mrs. Christie,” with her trademark historical fiction exploration into the shadows of the past, acclaimed author Marie Benedict brings readers into the world of Agatha Christie, imagining why such a brilliant woman would find herself at the center of such murky historical mysteries. What is real and what is mystery? What role did her unfaithful husband play and what was he not telling investigators?