Absent in the Spring Author:Agatha Christie, Mary Westmacott Dame Agatha Christie wrote a series of books under the pen name of Mary Westmacott that focused on the dynamics of relationships. Absent in the Spring tells of Joan Scudamore, an Englishwoman stranded in Iraq after visiting her daughter. — An amusing little adventure, Joan Scudamore reflected happily, to be stranded between trains. Nothing but th... more »e desert and bright, clean sunlight. One was always so busy back home in England, keeping everything running smoothly. How lucky she was that Rodney and the children appreciated all she did for them!
Or did they? Startled, Joan brushed the thought aside. But soon, disturbing memories swept her into a maelstrom of cold panic as she watched her life replay in merciless detail...
Suddenly the past was a cruel mockery, the future a dark abyss...
Mary Westmacott is a pseudonym for Agatha Christie.« less