The Christie Affair: A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

I've spent the weekend reading this wonderful story of murder, mystery, revenge, love and loss. I really enjoyed it from beginning to end. The disappearance of Agatha Christie is a mystery on it's own but add in a mistress named Nan O'dea and the story rockets to a whole new level. Agatha and Nan are two very different women who want the same man being Agatha's husband Archie. It's emotionally moving and some parts are very sad, especially what Nan and her friends went through at the Convent. It's full of secrets, lost loves, murder and redemption. When all the secrets are revealed at the end and the story reaches it conclusion I could finally take a breath and savour the amazing ending. I loved getting to know all the characters and the mystery surrounding Agatha and where she went was told beautifully. .To be honest I did not want it to end, I could of carried on reading because the plot and characters were phenomenal. This will be a bestseller without a shadow of a doubt. I would like to thank NetGally and PanMacmillan for the ARC, I really appreciate it.

DNF at 34%. This sounded awesome, the story of what happened to Agatha Christie when she disappeared for eleven days, told by her husband's mistress. Well I'm over a third of the way through and so far there's been precious little of Agatha. There's been her husband's scheming mistress Nan, there's been a retired police officer, there's been her husband wandering the streets of London blah, blah, blah but not Agatha. Also, the writing is very odd. I'm sure some poor teenager will be forced to opine on why the book is written from Nan's point of view, even when she's describing her lover's feelings - as if she's the omnipotent narrator instead of one of the characters, but for the reader its very off-putting. I have to keep rereading to see who is taking and who they are talking about. I wasn't enthralled but I kept plodding at it hoping it would get better - because I would love to read a story about where Agatha Christie was during those days (and why), but sadly that doesn't seem to be this book, which is more concerned with tawdry Nan. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.