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The Christie Affair: A Novel Audiobook
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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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"The author took real life and made a fictional mystery that even Agatha Christie would have penned the timeline sequence was a excellent way to tell the story narrator was good good overall reading I would recommend "
— dmw (4 out of 5 stars)
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“Sizzles from its first sentence.”
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“Devilishly clever, elegantly composed and structured―simply splendid.”
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“Aa clever, highly original, mesmerizing tale filled with strange and unexpected turns and concludes it in an unexpected but wholly satisfying manner.”
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“The story unfolds as if it were one of Christie’s mysteries, rewarding the reader with the thrill of discovery over and over as de Gramont adds one silken thread at a time to her intricate web of love and revenge, agency and betrayal, murder and justice.”
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“Lucy Scott narrates and immediately brings listeners into the world of 1920s Britain with crisp upper-class accents and larger-than-life characters…Scott’s stylish portrayals create believable characters and move seamlessly between accents.”
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“Intriguing, fast-paced, and elegantly written…Will keep you riveted until the very last page.”
— Christina Baker Kline, New York Times bestselling author
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A February 2022 LibraryReads Pick
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A Parade Magazine Pick of the Month
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An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick in Mysteries & Thrillers
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A Reese’s Book Club Pick
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Among longlisted titles for Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine, 2022
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About Nina de Gramont
Nina de Gramont is the author of The Last September and a short-story collection, as well as several young adult novels. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington.
About Lucy Scott
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