Since her divorce to Archibald Christie following her episode in 1926, Agatha Christie has addressed her period of growing depression that may have led to the dissociative fugue. She published her semi-autobiographical novel, Unfinished Portrait, and used the character Celia to represent her negative emotions according to Finished Portrait author, Andrew Norman: “I believe she was suicidal…her state of mind was very low and she writes about it later through the character of Celia in her autobiographical novel, Unfinished Portrait,” (Thorpe).

     The mystery writer passed away January 12, 1976. Although she is no longer alive, she has left her mark on the world of writing and mystery. It is not only her books that influence young minds, but her actions and her relationships that she had, especially during the year 1926. Her fugue has inspired new research into the rare disorder, and has become the topic of many discussions and works continuing today.

     While the truth of Agatha Christie’s 1926 mystery was carried with her to the grave, it is reasonable to believe her claims of a fugue state. The author, depressed without her mother or her husband to support her, was overwhelmed and her body reacted by inducing a form of temporary dissociative amnesia. While evidence does not completely rule out the possibility of her faking a fugue with the intention of framing her husband, the presence of an actual fugue is more strongly supported by the events that occurred.