Silence and Circumstance

Publisher Marketing: Agatha Christie, pawn or puppet-master? For eleven days in December 1926, that was the question all of England was asking. Was she kidnapped, or possibly a pawn trapped in an international mystery? Or could she actually be the puppet-master, secretly manipulating an entire nation from behind her typewriter? Did one of the most disciplined writing minds the world has ever known really just "black out," only to somehow reappear eleven days later, feeble and disorientated at a spa hotel? And what really was written in her missing diary regarding those eleven mysterious days? Through a weaving of facts and fiction, the adventure unfolds through the perspective of her governess, Charlotte "Carlo" Fisher. Having accepted the role of confidante to the great writer, and ignited by the receipt of a mysterious letter, Charlotte embarks on a sinister and harrowing quest. In her exploits, Charlotte is aided by many of the famous and elite of the twentieth century. While Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his protege, Ian Fleming, speed towards Istanbul on the Orient Express in search of Agatha's diary, Charlotte discovers clues that dispatch her to Berlin where she stumbles into a world gone mad. Mysterious societies emerge from the shadows, and it appears something dark is rising..." Contributor Bio:  Dimond, Roy Jeff Leitch lives with his family in Maple Ridge, a proud community at the base of the majestic Golden Ears Mountain in British Columbia, Canada. Honoured to be a teacher in his native Coquitlam, British Columbia, Jeff's passions include his wife Linda, and their three kids, Amanda, Matthew and Adam, my brothers, Greg and James, "all his families" and friends, and the great stories they share. You can find him at any sporting venue, or live theatre, with coffee in hand, cheering and coaching those who display courage and dare to chase greatness. Along with writing occasional articles for local papers, Jeff's current restlessness has him dreaming of many more novels, while writing at least one musical hit as he goes beyond the three chords he knows on his acoustic guitar. Roy Dimond, author of The Singing Bowl and The Rubicon Effect has collaborated with his long time friend, Jeff Leitch to create his first work of non-fiction, Saving Our Pennys. Roy has worked for over thirty years as a Youth Worker within numerous school districts and over twenty schools. He has also spoken at universities about school culture, family violence, depression, and bullying. Roy lives with his wife of many years in a small harbor called Garden Bay on the West Coast of British Columbia and is working on his next manuscript.