Edition |
First US edition, First international edition. |
Description |
311 pages ; 25 cm. |
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Series |
Reese's book club |
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Reese's book club.
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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. |
Subject |
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 -- Fiction.
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Missing persons -- Fiction.
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Mistresses -- Fiction.
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Adultery -- Fiction.
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Murder -- Fiction.
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Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- Fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Novels.
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ISBN |
9781250274618 |
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1250274613 |
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