Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar is a 2019 British alternative history television drama film about crime writer Agatha Christie becoming embroiled in a real-life murder case during a trip to an archaeological dig in Iraq following her divorce.

[2] In 1928, following her divorce and struggling with fame and success, Agatha Christie travels to Iraq and is caught in a web of murder, intrigue and love.

Two years after the public drama caused by her 11-day disappearance, Agatha arrives in Baghdad seeking culture and peace.

Instead she finds an attractive young archaeologist with a bullet wound; and the famous crime writer must unravel a series of mysterious murders.

Described as "quite a treat" by Michael Hogan in The Daily Telegraph,[5] The Times wrote that "what it lacked in unexpected twists and depth it made up for in nostalgic comfort-blanketry and good, clean murder".