The Case of the Missing Lady, Agatha Christie
The Case of the Missing Lady, Agatha Christie
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The Case of the Missing Lady

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: Hugh Fraser

Unabridged: 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 12/11/2012


Synopsis

When a six-foot-tall tan giant of man comes into Albert Blunt’s International Detective agency, Tommy and Tuppence—married couple and detective aficionados—are in for a treat. Not only has Mr. Stavansson emerged after a two-year Arctic adventure, but he’s lost his fiancée Hermione too. What telegrams and scraps of information Tommy and Tuppence can gather are all the hope the adventurer has in finding her. But this information leads the duo into dangerous situations, investigating secluded country houses in the dead of night, and that’s only the start of it….

About Agatha Christie

What a daunting task to write about the most famous mystery writer, Agatha Christie. She was born in 1890 in England, where she was home schooled by her American father. It was an unusual way to be educated for the times. Her father did not want her to begin learning to read until age eight, but out of boredom, she taught herself to read by age five.

In his research, Curran found a plethora of information about Agatha. He outlines many of those interesting facts. Since there are so many, just a few will be mentioned here. Agatha could have been an excellent performer as a pianist, but she was much too shy to perform. She once had three plays running simultaneously in London. She traveled around the world in 1922, which would have been quite a feat back then. Agatha loved dogs. She has a rose named after her. She never did drink alcohol nor smoked. Her last public appearance was in 1974, at the premier of the movie, Murder on the Orient Express. Agatha Christie's name has appeared every day for 53 years in every newspaper with a West End London theatre listing. Her favorite flower was Lily of the Valley. The information about this illustrious author goes on and on. It is a great asset to readers that author John Curran wrote the definitive book about an iconic author. One other interesting fact was that Agatha met Archie Christie in 1912, married on Christmas Eve 1914, spending their honeymoon at The Grand Hotel in Torquay, but Archie returned to France on Dec 27th due to the War. Agatha and Archie fid not really experience married life until he was posted at the London War Office. Agatha has been quoted as saying only then did she feel that her married life truly began.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on June 26, 2024

Ok, this one is kind of funny. Tommy and Tuppence (as the title suggests) head off to investigate a missing lady. She's the fiance of some explorer dude who's a bit of an ass (doesn't like to talk to chubby chicks). She isn't where she said she would be when he returned from abroad, and he's getting......more

Goodreads review by Geeta on October 13, 2018

Delightful tale My biggest disappointment is that there are too few of the adventures with Tommy and Tuppence. I love the lighthearted mysteries involving this cute post-WWII couple in England. This period mystery gives great insight to the post war country and the economic and social struggles in th......more

Goodreads review by Nathalie on April 12, 2021

Super short Tommy & Tuppence story but worth the ending!......more

Goodreads review by Meg on January 22, 2021

Tommy and Tuppence continue posing as Theodore Blunt and his assistant of the International Detective Agency. A famous explorer returns to England and finds his fiancé missing. Her friend says that she is traveling but cannot say where and the explorer is suspicious. Tommy and Tuppence track her to......more