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The Christie affair / Nina de Gramont.
"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. 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?"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250274618
- ISBN: 1250274613
- ISBN: 9781250282132
- ISBN: 1250282136
- Physical Description: 311 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. "Reese's book club"--Jacket. |
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| Subject: | Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. Mistresses > Fiction. Adultery > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. Great Britain > History > George V, 1910-1936 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Fiction. Historical fiction. History. Novels. |
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| Marshall Public Library | HIST GRA (Text) | 33391000189520 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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| Bowling Green Public Library | Fic deG (Text) | 35030000018393 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library District - Camdenton | FIC GRAMONT (Text) | 31320003876062 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library District - Osage Beach | FIC GRAMONT (Text) | 31320003847030 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Carthage Public Library | FIC De Gramont, Nina (Text) | 34MO2001812266 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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| Cass County Library-Garden City | F GRA 2022 (Text) | 0002205452721 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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The Christie Affair : A Novel
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The Christie Affair : A Novel
Why would the world's most famous mystery writer disappear for eleven days? What makes a woman desperate enough to destroy another woman's marriage? How deeply can a person crave revenge? "Sizzles from its first sentence." - The Wall Street Journal A Reese's Book Club Pick In 1925, Miss Nan O'Dea infiltrated the wealthy, rarefied world of author Agatha Christie and her husband, Archie. In every way, she became a part of their life--first, both Christies. Then, just Archie. Soon, Nan became Archie's mistress, luring him away from his devoted wife, desperate to marry him. Nan's plot didn't begin the day she met Archie and Agatha. It began decades before, in Ireland, when Nan was a young girl. She and the man she loved were a star-crossed couple who were destined to be together--until the Great War, a pandemic, and shameful secrets tore them apart. Then acts of unspeakable cruelty kept them separated. What drives someone to murder? What will someone do in the name of love? What kind of crime can someone never forgive? Nina de Gramont's brilliant, unforgettable novel explores these questions and more.
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