The Christie Affair tells the disappearance of Agatha Christie. I really wanted to like this book because it seemed similar to The Mystery of Agatha Christie by Marie Benedict. However, this novel is told from Nan, who was the mistress of Agatha Christie’s husband. Na was not a likable heroine. She seemed to be very selfish, and I could not connect with her. Still, I recommend this for fans of Agatha Christie, but The Mystery of Agatha Christie by Marie Benedict is a more superior version.

Thanks to Netgalley and St.Martin's Press for The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont. I was able to enter the world of Agatha Christie and her disappearance in 1926. Never revealing her motive and claiming amnesia, I found this blend of fact and fiction enjoyable. There were components of intrigue, mystery, and sadness in this novel. Well done!

Overall, I gave this book 3.5/5 Stars. It was good, It did keep my attention throughout most of the book, There were a few times it felt like it bottomed out in some of Nann's part of the story and also I felt like some of her part could have been left out as it was needed (trying to explain as best I can without spoilers Haha) . I also was hoping for a different outcome for Nan and over all I just kind of felt sorry for her situation even though she was considered the "Other Woman". Now, as for Agatha's Part, GOOD FOR HER! She deserved the world and Archie just wasn't her fit!

I think The Christie Affair was a good Novel overall but I am hoping if Nina De Gramont publishes anymore books, That she just gives us more! I would like to see what else she has to offer in her story telling. Maybe something different or unique!

Most readers are aware of Agatha Christie's disappearance and the mystery around it. The Christie Affair paints a very creative, enjoyable take on the mystery. I loved how it combined a classic Christie mystery with historical fiction. The writing is great and the characters are all well drawn and totally entertaining. What a fun read!

Sooooo, I've never read an Agatha Cristie book, but that didn't stop me from enjoying this one. As the story came together it was fascinating to fit all the little pieces into the puzzle. It did drag a bit, but overall was a fun ride. ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Few facts are known about Agatha Christie’s 11-day disappearance in 1926. She left behind her beloved daughter and her cherished dog. This unsolved mystery is now providing fodder for creative authors. Her husband was about to leave her for another day. Seen mostly from the eyes of Nan, the mistress, the reader will have much sympathy for the life Nan has lived and will be kept guessing up to the end of the book about the outcome of the story and in particular, the birth mother of Christie’s daughter.

At first I thought about not finishing this book because for me it was a slow start. But I am so glad I did finish it. It really got interesting. The story is more about Nan O'Dea than Agatha Christie and is told by Nan O'Dea who is the mistress of Archie Christie, Agatha's husband. When Agatha finds out about the affair she disappears. During this time of trying to find her the story goes from day one of disappearance to about 5 years earlier at an orphanage in Ireland. You learn a lot about Nan and why she chose Archie to seduce. The book takes place in eleven days and is full of twists and turns, unrequited love & murder. It was a great read and would definitely recommend.
Thanks to #netgalley an #stmartinspress for an ARC of this wonderful read.

The Christie Affair is a gripping historical fiction/Agatha Christie-style who done it. The premise of the story, which is to imagine what Agatha Christie was actually doing when she went missing for 11 days in 1926, told from the perspective of a fictionalized version of her first husband's mistress and eventual second wife is interesting and quite ambitious. I really loved how the story was woven together and appreciate how Gramont inspires empathy for both women without completely pitting them against one another.

It also wouldn't be an Agatha Christie tale if there wasn't a murder mystery, which without giving too much away was a proper who-done-it that weaved justice and history into it all in one.

In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. The police suspected her husband. Archie Christie was having an affair and the Christie’s marriage was ending.

The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont imagines the events of those 11 days as told by the mistress, Nan O’Dea.

This book also explores Nan’s reasons for the affair-did she plan the affair or was she love struck by Agatha Christie’s husband? This book explores the circumstances of Nan O’Dea’s early life. The reader is told her background, her family life, and her experience with the Catholic Church. This is interspersed with the 11 day timeline of Ms. Christie’s disappearance. At first I didn’t really care about Nan-she was the mistress after all. And Archie is about the most unlikeable husband I’ve read lately.

But hang in there because Ms. de Gramont weaves a mystery almost as well as Ms. Christie herself! I was delighted by the end of this book and kept wondering why I waited so long to read it!

Thank you #netgalley and #stmartinspress for the advanced e-copy of #thechristieaffair .

Sizzle’s………
Why would one of the world’s most famous writers disappear for days? What crime could a person not forgive? What a novel to enjoy. #The Christie Affair by author # Nina de Gramont is unforgettable
Thank you for the advance copy,
#Netgalley and # St. Martins Press

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my review copy!

Diving into a read set approximately 100 years ago, involving an author that I have devoured since I was a child, this historical fiction read was so fun! This reimagining of Christie's true 11 day disappearance has a tremendous backstory and characters strongly developed. Weaving snippets of Christie's mysterious eleven days with fictional reasons for the characters to do what they did, was intriguing! I would definitely recommend!

Book Review || St Martin Press {partner}

Genre: Historical Fiction
Time: 1918-1926
Format: 🎧
Pub Date: 2.1.2022
Star Rating: ☆☆☆.5

“The age of disappearing women. It had been going on forever. Thousands of us vanished, with not a single police officer searching. Not a word from the newspapers. Only our long absences and quiet returns. If we ever returned at all.”

I started reading The Christie Affair back in March, but I wasn’t quite into the story, so I waited a while and downloaded the audiobook from my local library. The audiobook was precisely what I needed to listen to at the time, and I thoroughly enjoyed the narrators.

While I wasn’t a fan of Nan at first (given that she was the other woman), I eventually grew to be fond of her after learning about the trauma that she endured during her past. She had undoubtedly suffered and was continuing to mourn the completely unimaginable loss of her daughter.

I may have gone into this book without reading the synopsis, so it took me a bit to understand that The Christie Affair really wouldn’t include anything from Agatha Christie’s viewpoint. Instead, the entire story was told from Nan’s perspective, even for events she wasn’t present for.

What transpired during this book may or may not have occurred during those eleven days that Agatha Christie disappeared, but it definitely made for an intriguing story.

👩🏽 Told from the perspective of Nan O’Dea
⏳ Time jump from 1918 to 1926
✍🏼 Features Agatha Christie
🔎 A bit of mystery

❌- Rape, Child loss

Very enjoyable, immersive novel that kept this reader turning the pages! Nina de Gramont weaves a fantastic fictional story around the historical facts surrounding Agatha Christie's unexplained disappearance. I enjoyed the cast of characters and loved reading about this well-known event from a different perspective. The mystery played out well and was a nice nod to Agatha Christie's work. Well done!

Thank you to Nina de Gramont, St. Martin's Press, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this novel and to share my thoughts.

I would recommend this book to fans of Agatha Christie, mystery lovers, and historical fiction fans. I will be purchasing a copy for myself, and copies for gifts for family and friends.

A fictional tale describing what might have happened during the days when the real Agatha Christie went missing.

It's an interesting concept to me that this was written by Christie's mistress. It's a bit mind-bending for me to think about- the author writing about the mistress writing about Christie. Is any part of this story based in reality? I'm not sure and I forgot to check the Author's note before I returned my Library copy (hate that!). But I was somewhat surprised at how wimpy Christie is projected to be. I always imagine her to be very refined, stoic and in control based on her writing and popularity. Maybe that's a misguided viewpoint?

Thinking about a story from the point of view of 'the other woman', one would assume that she is the villain. But once you read this story, you will at least feel empathy towards if not a full understanding of her decisions based on past events. <there may be a few tears here>

I loved the narration in this audiobook however, had I not been following along with my ebook, I would have been confused many times throughout the book. I would have loved for the audiobook to be more clear about which timeline was being focused on for each character chapter.

The time period and the detective were actually my favorite parts of this one. If you enjoy Agatha Christie novels or like a little mystery with your 1920's historical fiction, check this one out.

Nan was one of the most compelling characters I have read about in a long time. I really loved learning about her life and history and her reasons for pursuing Archie. Finbarr, Agatha, Bess and Inspector Chilton were all very likable characters as well and I enjoyed how they all connected and interacted with one another.

The only part I was disappointed with was when Nan spoils later parts of the book with her internal monologue. I didn't like that she let us know that she would eventually marry Archie and have his child in the middle of the book. I would've rather found out towards the end instead of feeling like she spoiled the ending for me halfway through.

Overall, I would still recommend this as the story and characters were fantastic.

Did not like the book and chose not to review it as I only do positive reviews. Couldn't deal with the sex in a story about Agatha Christie it felt wrong

I thought this book had a great premise - imagining what might have happened in the ten days that Agatha Christie disappeared. It was told from the perspective of her husband's mistress. It intertwined the mystery of where Agatha went, with the mistress' back story and even a murder. I found it really interesting though realize it's a totally fictional story about a real person.

Avid readers of Agatha Christie’s novels may well know that the famous author herself was the star/subject of one of her greatest mysteries. Why did Mrs. Christie disappear for all those days? It is not really a spoiler to say that she learned that Archie was having an affair. Still, where did she go? What made Archie seem so appealing to two very different women?

In addition to that mystery, who was the other woman? What was her story? Can readers empathize with her?

Learn more about both women in this historical fiction title. Nina de Gramont tells her story well. She makes Nan’s story believable and this is more her story than Agatha’s.

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this title. All opinions are my own.

"there's no predicting what people will do."

The mystery of Agatha Christie's disappearance and what she did during that missing time has always been a delicious mystery. I love that she never told and we never knew. I love the idea of her last mystery, unsolved.

But this story was a struggle for me. I think, first and foremost, it's told from the POV of the mistress - the woman Archie, Agatha's husband, broke Agatha's heart about and said he was leaving her for. I just struggled to like her and to be okay with what she was doing. The author, I felt, did an amazing job of really painting Agatha Christie as an amazing women, kind and thoughtful. But for every turn that Agatha was considerate and thoughtful to Nan, I didn't feel like she did the same for her. It was hard to read and just grated on me the longer I had to sit with her POV. I did like that it switched around and gave other POV but I didn't need Archie's either.

All in all, this would have been much more entertaining, at least for me, if it hadn't been a story about Agatha Christie and instead was just a story about a missing rich woman, her questionable husband and the policeman that searched for her. It was entertaining on its own.

A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.

You may be hearing a lot of hype about this book and believe me, it’s well deserved. The story is multi-layered and faceted, containing both a very Agatha Christie story within it, as well as a tale of two women from very different backgrounds facing very different decisions and futures, bound together by one man and one child. I loved it.

The story takes place during the infamous 11 days in 1926 when Agatha Christie disappeared. She was already becoming a well-known author, and an enormous man-hunt spanning the length and breadth of Britain was put in place. When she eventually reappeared, she claimed to have no idea what had happened. In recent years, different theories have been floated, my favorite being a Dr Who episode where she time travels with the doctor. Author Nina de Gramont has an idea that is certainly more prosaic, but just as fascinating.

The Christie Affair follows Agatha, her crushing disappointment at learning her husband Archie plans to leave her for another woman, and the story of the other woman, Nan. It’s told from Nan’s viewpoint, and we watch her grow up in London, visit her father’s family in Ireland, fall in love with an Irish lad, and have all that crushed by the First World War. An unspeakable cruelty keeps them apart, and although one can move beyond it, the other can’t.

What does all this have to do with Agatha’s disappearance? Oh, so much! The Christie Affair is a puzzle box of a book, with plot reveal after plot reveal taking you down a twisty path that any reader will enjoy immensely. It’s so well done! Highly recommended.