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The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
4.5
emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I have throughly enjoyed listening to this wonderful story. It's clever, heart warming and sad at times. 
The narrator Lucy did a stirling job with each of the characters. I particularly found a comfort and authentic her west indian accent for the character of the hotel manager Mrs Leach. The narrator Lucy held my attention throughout. 

And now onto the story itself, what a delight of a read. A highly recommended read. 

A tale of murder, mystery, revenge, love and loss. I have never read an Agatha Christie book yet the premise of the novel drew me in to request it, This one deals with a period of time when Agatha famously disappeared for 11 days and with no reason or explanation why. The cleverly novel centers around Christie, her husbands mistress Nan O'Dae.  Without giving any more of the plot away, i just urge you to pick it up and be wisked away into the charm of this historical fiction title.

I will champion this novel. It deserves all the praise and success.

Thank you to Pan Macmillan for my ARC.