CONTENTS

About the Author

Acknowledgements

Picture Section

Agatha Christie’s Family Tree

Map of Newlands Corner

PART 1: LOVE AND BETRAYAL

1. Mauve Irises and Ewe Lambs

2. The Man from the Sea

3. Adversity and Prosperity

4. Conflicting Desires

5. The Gun Man Reincarnate

6. Desperate Measures

PART 2: SUSPICION, SPECULATION AND UNCERTAINTY

7. Dredging the Silent Pool

8. The Search Widens

9. President Scrutiny

10. ‘The Suspense of the Uncertainty is Terrible’

11. Great Expectations

12. A Call for Divers

13. Official Protocol

14. Last-Minute Cancellation

15. Public Charades and Frozen Stills

16. Her Heels Dug Up

17. A Trip to the Canaries

18. Questions in Parliament

19. Sequel to the Ripley Road Hold-Up

PART 3: WHILE THE LIGHT LASTS

20. Partners in Crime

21. The Golden Decade

22. Darkened Skies

23. Memories Shadowed

24. No Fields of Amaranth

25. Accolades and Reminders

26. The Twilight Years

27. Unforeseen Ripples

28. Confusing the Messenger with the Bad News

Epilogue: A Realm of Her Own

Works of Agatha Christie

Also by Jared Cade

Copyrights and Credits