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The Iraqi government says it is willing to make available the decaying Baghdad house once linked to English novelist Agatha Christie, provided someone restores it. The heritage property on the banks of the Tigris River, controlled by Iraq's culture ministry, is padlocked and in disrepair, with unpaid bills reflecting years of neglect. Christie, author of novels such as They Came to Baghdad and Murder in Mesopotamia, visited Iraq dozens of times and met her husband Max Mallowan there in 1930.
Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in December 1926, sparking a large search involving thousands of people. She was found at the Swan Hydropathic Hotel in Harrogate, having checked in under an assumed name and appearing to have little memory of the events. The reason for her disappearance remains a mystery, despite various theories.
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