S. Jones:
Hard to follow the story line; but I read to the end and it all came together. It was quite the mystery.
United States on Jan 30, 2024
BB:
Ms. Benedict's book was a slow read for the first third of it. The characters developed well, peeling away motivations very methodically. The end is worthy of Agatha herself!
United States on Jan 27, 2024
Kirsten:
I was a little disappointed with the first bit of the book. Agatha Christie is portrayed as a weak character and a poor mother. Both seemingly against her nature but a result of her circumstances. The end of the book though, was fantastic! it turned quite Christie-Esque with the slow unfolding of the unsolvable mystery!
Canada on Mar 28, 2023
Darryl Telles:
Some good moments bit a rather consulted plot leads to a less than edifying ending. Not sure it will please all fans but worth reading for its original turn of events. I can't help feeling though that the premise was too clever to actually deliver.
United Kingdom on Nov 21, 2022
kmurph31:
THE CHRISTIE AFFAIR
BY: NINA DE GRAMONT
About a 4.5 stars.
This was a book that I was so excited to read because I love books about famous Author's. This wasn't in the book but, I am adding it because it was a fact that I didn't know until recently; It is that Agatha Christie has sold more books than any other Author. Back to this book. Agatha Christie and Archie Christie both share the same initials and called each other A.C. It is based on the eleven day disappearance of Agatha Christie in December of 1926. Agatha is just in the midst of grieving her mother's death when her husband Archie tells her he wants a divorce.
When I first started this I thought that this was going to be a Five star read. It drew me in right away and the writing is engaging. What was disappointing was that most of the book is about Archie's mistress the fictional one called Nan O'Dea. I understood why the author chose to do what she did by the end of the book. I have to be honest though, I was hoping it was going to be more about the Christie's and less about his mistress's back story. It was disappointing because I didn't really seem interested in the mistress's...
United States on May 07, 2022
Melissa:
Debo admitir que debí leer las reseñas de Goodreads antes de comprar este libro y saber que por alguna razón tiene más porcentaje de 3 y 4 estrellas en lugar de 5. No fue lo que la sinopsis me prometía y de verdad detesté a Archibald Christie, pero en fin, muy predecible todo y lo terminé solo para saber si Agatha iba a hacer algo con Archie para vengarse de él jeje.
Mexico on May 07, 2022
Livros By F - Fernanda B.:
O livro narra o maior mistério da vida de Agatha Christie.
Um mistério que até hoje não foi resolvido, o único mistério da vida real, o desaparecimento, por 11 dias, da Autora.
Com capítulos alternantes de um lado começamos em 1912, quando Christie conhece o marido, e 1926, simultaneamente, na noite de seu desaparecimento. Ambos os tempos se desenvolvem até encontrarem um ponto em comum na parte 2, no momento que a encontram.
Vemos dois tipos de narração, uma, em primeira pessoa, narrada por Christie, e outra, em terceira, mostrando o que se passava na investigação, principalmente envolvendo a figura de Archie Christie.
Uma obra extremamente informativa mas que entretém também, vemos todo o rebuliço causado pelo desaparecimento da autora, que foi investigado por dois chefes de polícia, contou com buscas pela Inglaterra e envolveu até a ajuda do autor de Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, para encontrá-la.
Vemos também um pouco da sua situação matrimonial e momentos pivotais na vida da autora como seu casamento, suas primeiras publicações, quando ela se junta ao corpo de enfermeiras durante a guerra, o...
Brazil on Mar 22, 2021
Cristina S Gheorghe:
Marie Benedict has created quite a following of faithful readers by tackling various unjustly neglected, but prominent women of history and science, such as Hedy Lamar, Einstein's wife Mitza Maric, and Clementine Churchill. Now she deals with the most famous author of classic murder mysteries : Agatha Christie, whose personal life proves to have been a mystery in itself. Benedict always relies on a basis of methodical research and then adds to that her own intuition and writing talent to present us with an extremely engaging result: a book hard to put down. This latest novel is written according to the plot design used successfully by Agatha Christie herself, and in this case the cleverly devised plot with its surprising twists and turns makes us doubt and wonder to the very last page. It is a stylistic triumph and a very good read!
Canada on Mar 19, 2021
RSW Kindle Customer:
This incredibly fun historical fiction earned <b>4 Stars</b> from me.
<b>SUMMARY</b>
In real life, Agatha Christie disappeared for eleven days in 1926. Although she was found at a spa hotel, having checked in under her husbands mistresses name, no one could ever fully explain what happened.
At the time, she was just beginning to become known as a mystery novelist but her personal life was a mess. Her beloved mother had passed away just a few months prior and her husband was leaving her for another woman.
Word of her disappearance made international news, even appearing on the front page of the New York Times. Thousand of people showed up to a search for her. Then, as mysteriously as she disappeared, she resurfaced eleven days later, at the spa seemingly confused about all the fuss.The official cause given by her family was a case of amnesia. Possibly brought on by a car accident or maybe stress related to the loss of her mother.
After being found, Agatha retreated to her sisters estate and recovered from her <i>amnesia</i>. Neither she nor her family ever spoke publicly spoke of it...
United States on Jan 09, 2021
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