Displaying 1 of 1 2022 Format: Book Author: Gramont, Nina de, author. Title: The Christie affair / Nina de Gramont. Edition: First U.S. edition. Publisher, Date: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022. Copyright Date ©2022 Description: 311 pages ; 25 cm Summary: "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. Subjects: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 -- Fiction. Missing persons -- Fiction. Mistresses -- Fiction. Adultery -- Fiction. Murder -- Fiction. Murder -- Juvenile fiction. Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- Fiction. Genre: Biographical fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. History. Novels. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Novels. Romans. LCCN: 2021039239 ISBN: 9781250274618 1250274613 * 9781250282132 * 1250282136 * 9781250274625 Other Number: 1246143553 System Availability: 27 Current Holds: 0 Control Number: 2403979 Request It Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Find It Author Biography Nina de Gramont is a professor of Creative Writing at University of North Carolina, Wilmington. She is the author of THE LAST SEPTEMBER (Algonquin 2015) as well as several Young Adult novels. - (McMillan Palgrave) Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
