Agatha Christie was a great crime writer of the 20th century. She was born Agatha May Clarissa Miller on 13 September 1890 in Torquay, Devon, England. Her father was named Alvan Miller and her mother was called Clarissa Margaret. The family was well off. Sadly when Agatha was 11 her father died. On 24 December 1914 Agatha married an aviator named Archibald Christie. They had a daughter named Rosalind in 1919. During the First World War, she volunteered to work in a red cross hospital. In 1917 she became a dispenser. In December 1926 Agatha disappeared. She went to Harrogate and booked into a hotel. After 10 days she was recognized. Archie and Agatha Christie were divorced the same year, 1928. In Postern of Fate, the Beresfords, now in their seventies, are settling down in their new home at Hollowquay, a coastal village in East England. At retirement age one physically becomes tired easily, yet the mind is another matter. Tuppence’s looking at some old books in the attic brings about another adventure – the last one. By chance, in a children’s book, she finds a number of words underlined which then, after pondering over them, form a message. Mary Jordan did not die naturally. It was one of us. I think I know which one. Who is Mary Jordan? Nobody seems to know any Jordans having lived or buried in the village… Enjoy free online English audiobook “Postern of Fate”, a breathtaking novel by Agatha Christie.
