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Violence
Some
A murder at the center of the plot; some historical violence
Language
Barely any
Literary prose; mild language
Sexual Content
Some
An affair and its consequences; adult romantic content
Substance Use
Barely any
Period social drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The obsession that outlasts ordinary grief, a woman constructing justice from nothing, the real Agatha Christie as a character in someone else's story
What this book is about
In December 1926, Agatha Christie vanished for eleven days, leaving England in a frenzy. The real-life disappearance was never explained. In Nina de Gramont's novel, the narrator is Nan O'Dea — the woman who had an affair with Christie's husband and who orchestrated the disappearance, using it as cover for revenge. Alongside Nan's contemporary story is Christie's own perspective. A clever, dark meditation on obsession, loss, and the way women who've been wronged find what justice they can.
Notes for sensitive readers
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murder mystery with dark backstory
infidelity as central catalyst
fictional account of a real historical mystery
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