The Christie Affair
“Sizzles from its first sentence.”
Wall Street Journal
A February 2022 LibraryReads Pick
A Parade Magazine Pick of the Month
An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick in Mysteries & Thrillers
A Reese’s Book Club Pick
Among longlisted titles for Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Chapters Indigo Best of the Year, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Washington Post Best Books of the Year, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2022
A Reese's Book Club Pick
Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair is a stunning new novel that reimagines the unexplained eleven-day disappearance of Agatha Christie that captivated the world.
Every story has its secrets.
Every mystery has its motives.
“A long time ago, in another country, I nearly killed a woman. It’s a particular feeling, the urge to murder. It takes over your body so completely, it’s like a divine force, grabbing hold of your will, your limbs, your psyche. There’s a joy to it. In retrospect, it’s frightening, but I daresay in the moment it feels sweet. The way justice feels sweet.”
The greatest mystery wasn’t Agatha Christie’s disappearance in those eleven infamous days, it’s what she discovered.
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 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?
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
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press
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