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Westmapod: Agatha Christie's Secret Identity

Christie Time 7 Episodes Jun 23, 2026

Who is Mary Westmacott? This is an Agatha Christie podcast with a twist - because she wrote the books in secret! Join Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown from The Swinging Christies, for this book club-style, limited-series discussion podcast about these six fascinating books. Maybe if we unlock the secrets of Mary Westmacott, we will better understand the Queen of Crime herself, Agatha Christie…

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A Daughter's A Daughter play Jun 23, 2026 00:50:58 It's a special bonus episode! A Daughter’s A Daughter - good novel, even better play? In a Westmapod first we’re discussing the original play version of A Daughter’s A Daughter, written by Agatha Christie, and how that became a Mary Westmacott novel. Join Mark and Gray as they investigate what changes were made, and what this play teaches us about who ‘Mary Westmacott’ truly is…Read along with

A Daughter's A Daughter Jun 9, 2026 01:32:38 Mark and Gray are back! And this time they’re discussing the fifth and penultimate Mary Westmacott novel, A Daughter’s A Daughter. Is this the most Agatha Christie-ish of the Mary Westmacotts? Was Agatha inspired by her real family life for this novel? At the end of the day, a daughter’s a daughter, Mark’s Mark, and Gray’s Gray!Read along with us! Each episode drops fortnightly, on Tuesdays. You h

The Rose and the Yew Tree May 26, 2026 01:37:01 Mark and Gray head to St Loo (or its possible real-life counterpart, Torquay in Devon!) to discuss The Rose and the Yew Tree. This is the fourth Mary Westmacott novel - and the secret is out! The world finally finds out who Mary Westmacott really is. So where does Agatha Christie go from here? Is this the end of the road for Mary Westmacott…?Read along with us! Each episode drops fortnightly, on T

Absent in the Spring, with Kemper Donovan from All About Agatha May 12, 2026 01:48:13 Gray and Mark are joined by the internationally-beloved Agatha Christie expert, host of the smash-hit All About Agatha podcast - not to mention their very good friend - Kemper Donovan to discuss Absent in the Spring! What will Kemper, Mark and Gray make of Absent in the Spring, which Agatha Christie herself ranked among the very best of her novels. Is this the best Mary Westmacott? Listen on to fi

Unfinished Portrait Apr 28, 2026 01:37:28 Welcome back to Westmapod, and welcome to Tenerife! Join Mark and Gray, sunning themselves, and discussing Unfinished Portrait, the second novel Agatha Christie wrote under her secret alter ego, Mary Westmacott! Will Unfinished Portrait give us a new insight into who Agatha really was? Is it worth a read? Was it just an excuse for a holiday? Listen on to hear.Read along with us! Each episode drops

Giant's Bread Apr 14, 2026 01:22:06 In the first full episode of Westmapod, Gray and Mark read and react to Giant’s Bread, the first novel Agatha Christie wrote under her secret alias, Mary Westmacott! Will Giant’s Bread give us a new insight into who Agatha really was? And is it worth a read? Listen to on to hear!Read along with us! Each episode drops after a fortnight, on Tuesdays. You have until Tuesday 28 April 2026 to read book

Introduction Mar 31, 2026 00:25:35 It’s the introductory episode of Westmapod: Agatha Christie’s Secret Identity with co-hosts Gray and Mark (aka Christie Time, from The Swinging Christies podcast)!The alter ego of best-selling novelist Agatha Christie, Westmacott wrote six fascinating novels - and in this bookclub-style limited series, we will be going book-by-book to answer to question: who is Mary Westmacott?Read along with us!

Westmapod: Agatha Christie's Secret Identity

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