Why would the world''s most famous mystery writer disappear for eleven days? What makes a woman desperate enough to destroy another woman''s marriage? How deeply can a person crave revenge?
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A Reese''s Book Club Pick
In 1925, Miss Nan O-Dea infiltrated the wealthy, rarefied world of author Agatha Christie and her husband, Archie. In every way, she became a part of their life--first, both Christies. Then, just Archie. Soon, Nan became Archie-s mistress, luring him away from his devoted wife, desperate to marry him. Nan-s plot didn-t begin the day she met Archie and Agatha.
It began decades before, in Ireland, when Nan was a young girl. She and the man she loved were a star-crossed couple who were destined to be together--until the Great War, a pandemic, and shameful secrets tore them apart. Then acts of unspeakable cruelty kept them separated.
What drives someone