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Absent In The Spring by Agatha Christie (as Mary Westmacott)

Sometimes, Agatha Christie didn’t want to be Agatha Christie.Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/marywestmacott.Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub.Books and sources:—The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie—The Big Four by Agatha Christie—The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie—The Mysterious Mr Quin by Agatha Christie—Giant’s Bread by Mary Westmacott—“The Lady Vanishes” — episode 4 of Shedunnit about Christie’s disappearance—Rosalind Hicks’ article about Mary Westmacott—Unfinished Portrait by Mary Westmacott—The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie—And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie—The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie—An Autobiography by Agatha Christie—The Rose and the Yew Tree  by Mary Westmacott—Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie—Absent in the Spring by Mary Westmacott—Agatha Christie: The Woman and her Mysteries by Gillian Gill—“A Hidden Body in the Library: Mary Westmacott: Agatha Christie, and Emotional Violence” by Sarah E. Whitney from Clues: A Journal of Detection, Vol 29 Number 1, Spring 2011—Agatha Christie: A Biography by Janet MorganTo be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/marywestmacotttranscript.Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes, Agatha Christie didn’t want to be Agatha Christie.Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at <a href="https://shedunnitshow.com/marywestmacott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shedunnitshow.com/marywestmacott</a>.Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at <a href="https://shedunnitshow.com/bookclub" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shedunnitshow.com/bookclub</a>.Books and sources:—<a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Murder-at-the-Vicarage-by-Agatha-Christie-author/9780008196516?a_aid=shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Murder at the Vicarage</a> by Agatha Christie—<a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Big-Four-by-Agatha-Christie-author/9780008164904?a_aid=shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Big Four</a> by Agatha Christie—<a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Seven-Dials-Mystery-by-Agatha-Christie-author/9780008196226?a_aid=shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Seven Dials Mystery</a> by Agatha Christie—<a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Mysterious-Mr-Quin-by-Agatha-Christie-author/9780008196417?a_aid=shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Mysterious Mr Quin</a> by Agatha Christie—<a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Giants-Bread-by-Agatha-Christie-author-Mary-Westmacott/9780008131449?a_aid=shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Giant’s Bread</a> by Mary Westmacott—<a href="https://shedunnitshow.com/theladyvanishes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Lady Vanishes” — episode 4 of Shedunnit about Christie’s disappearance</a>—<a href="https://www.agathachristie.com/about-christie/family-memories/the-mary-westmacotts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rosalind Hicks’ article about Mary Westmacott</a>—<a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Unfinished-Portrait-by-Mary-Westmacott-Agatha-Christie-associated-with-work/9780008131470?a_aid=shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unfinished Portrait </a>by Mary Westmacott—<a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-ABC-Murders-by-Agatha-Christie-author/9780007527533?a_aid=shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The ABC Murders</a> by Agatha Christie—<a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/And-Then-There-Were-None-by-Agatha-Christie-author/9780008123208?a_aid=shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">And Then There Were None</a> by Agatha Christie—<a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Body-in-the-Library-by-Agatha-Christie-author/9780008196530?a_aid=shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Body in the Library</a> by Agatha Christie—<a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Agatha-Christie-by-Agatha-Christie/9780007314669?a_aid=shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Autobiography</a> by Agatha Christie—<a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Rose-and-the-Yew-Tree-by-Agatha-Christie-Mary-Westmacott-associated-with-work/9780008131463?a_aid=shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Rose and the Yew Tree</a>  by Mary Westmacott—<a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Murder-on-the-Orient-Express-by-Agatha-Christie-author/9780007527502?a_aid=shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Murder on the Orient Express</a> by Agatha Christie—<a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Absent-in-the-Spring-by-Agatha-Christie-author/9780008131432?a_aid=shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Absent in the Spring</a> by Mary Westmacott—<a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Agatha-Christie-The-Woman-and-Her-Mysteries-by-Gill-Gillian/9780816155583?a_aid=shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Agatha Christie: The Woman and her Mysteries</a> by Gillian Gill—<a href="http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/60630864/hidden-body-library-mary-westmacott-agatha-christie-emotional-violence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“A Hidden Body in the Library: Mary Westmacott: Agatha Christie, and Emotional Violence” by Sarah E. Whitney from Clues: A Journal of Detection, Vol 29 Number 1, Spring 2011</a>—<a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Agatha-Christie-by-Janet-P-Morgan-author/9780008243951?a_aid=shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Agatha Christie: A Biography</a> by Janet MorganTo be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at <a href="https://shedunnitshow.com/newsletter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shedunnitshow.com/newsletter</a>.The podcast is on <a href="http://twitter.com/shedunnitshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://facebook.com/shedunnitshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://shedunnitshow.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tumblr</a> and <a href="http://instagram.com/shedunnitshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. <a href="http://playpodca.st/shedunnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here</a> to do that now in your app of choice.Find a full transcript of this episode at <a href="https://shedunnitshow.com/marywestmacotttranscript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shedunnitshow.com/marywestmacotttranscript</a>.Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See <a href="https://shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits</a> for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Alison Joseph

Everyone thinks they know Agatha Christie. This may be because she is the most successful crime writer in the history of the world. But it is also because she writes such pared-down, pure examples of the genre. In researching her for her own 'Agatha Christie' mysteries, Alison was struck by how she uses Poirot, Marple and co as her 'voice', so that the detective becomes someone behind whom she can hide, maintaining a kind of authorial privacy. But it all gets a lot more interesting when one turns to Christie's Mary Westmacott novels, six non-crime novels, although still with her characteristic page-turning drive. Something about the pseudonym seems to liberate her to be more herself, less hidden, exploring failed marriages and flawed motherhood. With a detective at the heart of the story, there can be a unique dialogue between reader and writer, and in all her work Agatha Christie instinctively responds to this.  Part of our Alibis in the Archive 2019 weekend.

Everyone thinks they know Agatha Christie. This may be because she is the most successful crime writer in the history of the world. But it is also because she writes such pared-down, pure examples of the genre. In researching her for her own 'Agatha Christie' mysteries, Alison was struck by how she uses Poirot, Marple and co as her 'voice', so that the detective becomes someone behind whom she can hide, maintaining a kind of authorial privacy. But it all gets a lot more interesting when one turns to Christie's Mary Westmacott novels, six non-crime novels, although still with her characteristic page-turning drive. Something about the pseudonym seems to liberate her to be more herself, less hidden, exploring failed marriages and flawed motherhood. With a detective at the heart of the story, there can be a unique dialogue between reader and writer, and in all her work Agatha Christie instinctively responds to this. Part of our Alibis in the Archive 2019 weekend.

Alison Joseph: Agatha Christie vs Mary Westmacott