Six months following
the publication of “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” in 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared as mysteriously as she reappeared 10 days later. Taking a page from many of her own books, this chapter in Christie’s life continues to puzzle readers; no motive has ever been confirmed, though various theories have emerged in the last century. 

What is irrefutable, however, is the Great War’s influence on Christie’s writing. Serving as a nurse and a pharmacist in Great Britain, Christie intimately saw the effects – both the promise and the danger – of new technologies and medicine. Clues of her wartime experiences are sprinkled throughout her stories, including her protagonist, Inspector Hercule Poirot.

In an evening that will be the best of alibis, celebrate the legacy and literature of an iconic enigma:
the Queen of Crime. 

— 18+ event —