What happened to AC during this time is imagined by Nan O’Dea, Archie’s mistress, and the woman who caused it all. Thought to be dead, a nationwide search was launched to find the missing mystery writer. Her car was found abandoned by the side of the road with her possessions left inside. The day after Agatha's husband Archie Christie tells her he is divorcing Agatha and leaving her for his mistress, Agatha Christie disappeared without a trace for 11 days. Told through the eyes of Agatha Christies’ husband’s mistress, a story of secrets, revenge, and lust emerges, resulting in a startling murder. The Christie Affair is a mystery centered around the sensational and scandalous chain of events that led to Agatha Christie’s disappearance for 11 days in 1926. “Authors created problems, they didn’t solve them.” *Thanks, NetGalley, for a copy of this book in exchange for my fair and honest opinion. The book overall was a delightful, wild ride with excellent character development and surprises along the way, and I am looking forward to reading it again. Nan's story was so gripping that I wasn't sure why it wasn't a standalone book as Nan's story seemed to overpower the story about Agatha Christie's disappearance. Nan has a very interesting backstory which reminded me of The Handmaid's Tale. The Christine Affair is a piece of historical fiction from the point of view of Nancy Neele or referred to as Ms. Finally, on December 14, 1926, she was discovered at a hotel staying under the name Mrs. Agatha Christie hopped into her car and drove off, only to have her car discovered abandoned with her clothing and driver's license inside. On December 3, 1926, Agatha Christie was told by her husband that he was leaving her for another woman, a Nancy Neele. 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?
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 greatest mystery wasn’t Agatha Christie’s disappearance in those eleven infamous days, it’s what she discovered. In retrospect, it’s frightening, but I daresay in the moment it feels sweet.
It takes over your body so completely, it’s like a divine force, grabbing hold of your will, your limbs, your psyche. It’s a particular feeling, the urge to murder.
“A long time ago, in another country, I nearly killed a woman. 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.
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