He demands that Agatha grant him a divorce. Archie starts having an affair with a woman named Nancy Neele. They call the new house Styles, after the house in her first novel.Ĭontrary to Agatha’s expectations, their relationship gets even worse. Realizing that their marriage is crumbling, she suggests they move to be near one of Archie’s favorite golf courses. Agatha publishes several mystery novels, generating a modest success.

She even prioritizes him over their daughter, Rosalind. They get married out of the blue one day and start their life together in London.Īgatha does her best to keep Archie happy, but he becomes hard to please after the war. Agatha and Archie see each other whenever he gets leave. She also writes her first mystery novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. While Archie is gone, Agatha works in a hospital and later a pharmacy. Archie proposes before leaving to be pilot in World War One. The two begin a steady courtship, with Archie regularly visiting her home, where she lives with her mother and her sister, Madge. Archie is struck by Agatha’s beauty and asks her to dance. To begin, Archie and Agatha meet at a dance one night. The second plotline sheds light on Archie’s day-to-day life during the eleven days of Agatha’s disappearance. The first would be the story of how Archie and Agatha met and how they gradually fell out of love with one another. The Mystery of Mrs Christie tells two stories simultaneously.

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