Gray and Mark are sunning themselves in Puerto de la Cruz for Tenerife’s International Agatha Christie Festival! In the 1920s, Agatha came to this beautiful island to get away from it all, but even later, in the 1960s, the shadows of that dark time in her life were still evident.

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00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:40 - Introductory chat

00:04:16 - The Disappearance - in Agatha’s own words

00:24:46 - The Disappearance in Agatha’s Swinging works, from Davenham to Marina Gregg

00:57:22 - Next episode, how to get in touch

00:59:15 - Closing titles

00:59:38 - Coda

Solutions revealed - Endless Night, The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim, The Dream, Third Girl

TW: references to suicide, mental health crises, quoted outdated terminology, deaths and bereavements