Agatha Christie, the famous mystery writer of Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express, was once the subject of a mystery herself. After a spat with her husband, she went missing for 11 days in 1926. Nobody knew where she went!
Discover the story behind her disappearance – including some questions which are still unanswered today – with Mollie Burns, a librarian at our Lake Branch.
By the way, we love a good mystery at Mentor Public Library, and we’ve hosted several of our favorite mystery authors over the years. You can see our interviews with them (and, in a few cases, their entire talks) on our YouTube channel, including:
- Karin Slaughter, author of the bestselling Grant County and Will Trent series
- D.M. Pulley, author of The Dead Key and The Unclaimed Victim
- Jane Ann Turzillo, author of Wicked Women of Ohio and Unsolved Murders & Disappearances in Northeast Ohio
- Vivien Chien, author of The Noodle Shop Mysteries
- Brad Ricca, writer of Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City’s Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation