![]() Devilishly clever, elegantly composed and structured-simply splendid." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ![]() "A reimagining of Agatha Christie's famous 11-day disappearance, adding a murder mystery worthy of the dame herself.The story unfolds in a series of carefully placed vignettes you may find yourself reading and rereading, partly to get the details straight, partly to fully savor the well-turned phrases and the dry humor, partly so the book won't have to end, damn it. ![]() The question is, why? Why destroy another woman's marriage, why hatch a plot years in the making, and why murder? How was Nan O'Dea so intricately tied to those eleven mysterious days that Agatha Christie went missing? London, 1925: In a world of townhomes and tennis matches, socialites and shooting parties, Miss Nan O'Dea became Archie Christie's mistress, luring him away from his devoted and well-known wife, Agatha Christie. The greatest mystery wasn't Agatha Christie's disappearance in those eleven infamous days, it's what she discovered. In retrospect, it's frightening, but I daresay in the moment it feels sweet. It takes over your body so completely, it's like a divine force, grabbing hold of your will, your limbs, your psyche. It's a particular feeling, the urge to murder. ![]() ![]() "A long time ago, in another country, I nearly killed a woman. Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair is a beguiling novel of star-crossed lovers, heartbreak, revenge, and murder - and a brilliant re-imagination of one of the most talked-about unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century. ![]()
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