5. Clues in Christie's Notebooks

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Emily dives deeper into Agatha Christie's creative world. A reply from the Christie Archive Trust reveals whether the author was even in the UK at the time of Eva's death. Christie expert Dr Mark Aldridge discusses the role of sensationalised newspaper reports in "Mrs McGinty's Dead", the same kind of coverage Eva's murder received. Biographer Laura Thompson finds some persausive parallels in the names Eva and Evelyn, and uncovers a remarkable coincidence linking the case to another murder which gripped the Capital. And John Curran, who transcribed Christie's notebooks, shares what they might reveal about the novel's origins. As the evidence mounts, Emily grapples with coincidence against inspiration, as she prepares to write the final chapter of the McGinty Mystery.