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  • By: Nina de Gramont
  • Narrated by: Lucy Scott
  • Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (156 ratings)
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By: Nina de Gramont
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Summary

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and an instant New York Times best seller.

Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair is a stunning novel that reimagines the unexplained 11-day disappearance of Agatha Christie in 1926 that captivated the world. 

In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. Only I know the truth of her disappearance.

I’m no Hercule Poirot.

I’m her husband’s mistress.

Agatha Christie’s world is one of glamorous society parties, country house weekends and growing literary fame.

Nan O’Dea’s world is something very different. Her attempts to escape a tough London upbringing during the Great War led to a life in Ireland marred by a hidden tragedy.

After fighting her way back to England, she’s set her sights on Agatha. Because Agatha Christie has something Nan wants. And it’s not just her husband.

Despite their differences, the two women will become the most unlikely of allies. And during the mysterious 11 days that Agatha goes missing, they will unravel a dark secret that only Nan holds the key to.... 

©2021 Nina de Gramont (P)2021 Macmillan Publishers International Limited

Critic reviews

Nina De Gramont’s beautifully written imaginative history of Agatha Christie's disappearance plays out alongside a parallel murder mystery that could have flowed straight from the pen of the great AC herself. An inspired tapestry of fact and fiction places the story perfectly in its historical context. The result is a novel that literally out-Christies Agatha. An exciting, moving and delightful read (Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal)

I was enthralled, moved and entertained by The Christie Affair. This is a book which has it all - romance, enigma and wit in bucketloads. What's more, its devilishly good plot could out-do those written by Agatha Christie herself (Elizabeth Macneal, bestselling author of The Doll Factory and The Circus of Wonders)

Elegant, ingenious and hugely enjoyable, Nina de Gramont’s The Christie Affair is both an infamous mystery wonderfully explored, and a compelling story of love, adversity, determination and hope (AJ Pearce, bestselling author of Dear Mrs Bird and Yours, Cheerfully)

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Shoddy

It’s a very good job you can’t libel the dead! I like historical fiction. I love clever authors who wind imaginative possibilities around real events. Here though the author has twisted and changed the characters in the real life Christie case so far they may as well have been fictional from the start. Tie that to a revenge story based on a group of very naive and tediously maternal girls in Ireland and I was left with the feeling that the only need for the Christie family was to give the book a marketing hook. As for the ending 🤬

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All it needs is Dr Who

I get the feeling that the author didn't know what story she wanted to write so she threw in all her ideas in a confused much mash that only a visit from Dr Who could make more ludicrous. It was impossible to tell from the performance which of the main characters was narrating each section and there are far too many strange squeaky voices.. A complete waste of money.

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Not worth it

I was really excited for this book as an avid Agatha Christie fan, but it left me with a bad taste in my mouth.

The entire storyline made little to no sense, was full of stereotypes that were irritating, the characters were unlikeable. The performance also didn’t do much for me, as the voices didn’t change much, other than the awful childlike voices that were so squeaky and annoying I couldn’t bear it. The author even managed to diminish Agatha. All together I wouldn’t listen to this again, and I wouldn’t advise anyone else to purchase it.

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Beautiful story

Loved this book. I love Agatha Christie books so thought this would be one even though it was about her. Instead it was a story of Ireland and terrible wrongs but told in a beautiful sad touching way. The story kept me engaged the entire way and I learned about history as well . 10/10 for me

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What a novel idea for a story (excuse the pun)

I love Agatha Christie stories and I’m very intrigued by Agatha’s disappearance and fugue state/amnesia. This story is a very credible version of what happened. I found it very entertaining and well narrated

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Cheesy but enjoyable

Overall I enjoyed it. Although the accents leave something to be desired, and kind of took me out of the story!
I also didn’t think the narrators voice quite worked - should have been written in 3rd person. However it has made me want to read some Agatha Christie!

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Confusing & Implausible

Lovely idea, but really?

Sure the book has done well as it holds the Christie name but some of the concepts aren’t well thought through and dots are not joined effectively enough to make the story flow.

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Awful Irish accent

Good book but really difficult to listen to the butchering of the Irish accent. It was a good read, a bit slow at first but keep going and it gets better.

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kept me interested

i just had to listen without stopping, took my interest. I had to cry and laught.

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It’s A Mystery

Saw this book piled high in Waterstones and am intrigued like most about those 11 days of Agatha Christie’s disappearance. I like the mystery of never knowing really what happened and the conjecture of what goes with it.
This is an interesting listen and told in the first person (main character). The narrator is excellent and will look for further titles she’s written.
An excellent plot and ideas throughout- not wanting to give anything away.
Well worth your time.

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