First published 2022
Nan O'Dea enters the privileged world of mystery writer Agatha Christie and her husband Archie in 1925. She befriends both Christies, then seduces Archie away from his wife. Nan becomes his mistress and plots to marry him. Her scheme reaches back decades to her girlhood in Ireland, where she loved a man who seemed destined to be hers. The Great War, a pandemic, and dark secrets separated them. Acts of cruelty kept them apart. Now Nan seeks revenge through destroying another woman's life. When Agatha Christie vanishes for eleven days, the mystery deepens. The story moves between Nan's tragic past and her calculated present, exploring how far someone will go for love and vengeance. Nina de Gramont weaves together the real mystery of Christie's disappearance with a tale of obsession, betrayal, and the crimes people commit in the name of love.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, crime
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Ireland, United Kingdom
Period: 1925
320 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: violence