02231cam a2200349 i 4500 550187608 TxAuBib 20220305120000.0 210812s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021039239 9781250274618 hardcover $27.99 1250274613 hardcover $27.99 TxAuBib rda Gramont, Nina de. The Christie Affair. First U.S. edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022. 311 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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. Adult Brodart. Adult Brodart. 20220305. Families Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Fiction. Love Stories. Romance fiction. TXMLR