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1. 1. Agatha Christie

   The Woman and Her Mysteries

   

   A compact, readable biography that follows her from a sheltered childhood and early marriage through the rise of her career as a bestselling mystery writer, examining her creative process, the scandal and mystery of her 1926 disappearance, her second marriage and life in archaeology, and the tensions between her public persona and private struggles; it situates her prodigious output and popular characters in their historical context and assesses the lasting influence she had on crime fiction.