The Christie Affair
Ratings23
Average rating3.2
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Ratings23
Average rating3.2
"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?"--
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Too much of the book was Nan's backstory for my liking, but the ending is lovely. Would have liked more Agatha, more of the mystery.
Our book club enjoyed this light fare. Historical fiction meets murder mystery with a whimsical retelling of Agatha Christie's missing 13 days back in 1926. It takes a minute to warm up to the narration by the home wrecker but eventually we come to understand her motivation. The writing in this book had a soothing effect on all of us. We recommend it! And thank you @kellyccall for my signed copy.
There's a lot going on in this 300 page book that I thought would be a light beach-read-like imagining of “what really happened” when Agatha Christie went missing for 10 days in 1925. The story is narrated by Nan O'Dea, who we quickly find out is conducting an affair with Agatha Christie's husband, Archie, and is intending to get him to divorce Agatha and marry her. We might make some assumptions about why Miss O'Dea is doing this, but as we learn more about her history, those assumptions are called into question.
This is a clever mystery wrapped up in a tale of star-crossed lovers, separated by World War I and then patriarchy, and then grief and trauma.
I was very interested in this book when I first heard about it because of the premise. I find the unexplained disappearance of Agatha Christie to be a fascinating topic and I really liked the story that Nina de Gramont created around it.
I enjoyed reading this book and I fell in love with the characters. Nina de Gramont is a new to me author, but I am definitely planning to check out her other books.
