12 best-selling thriller books like The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

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The Christie Affair

By: Nina de Gramont

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Why would the world's most famous mystery writer disappear for eleven days? What makes a woman desp…

"It seemed an important lesson for a young person. It wasn't only the angry people that should make one wary. The jolly ones could be even more dangerous."

-Nina de Gramont, The Christie Affair

"It seemed an important lesson for a young person. It wasn't only the angry people that should make one wary. The jolly ones could be even more dangerous."

-Nina de Gramont, The Christie Affair

If you liked the thriller plot in The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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2. First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston

4.05

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

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3. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. Tom Lake

By: Ann Patchett

3.99

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more

Similar categories in Ann Patchett's Tom Lake book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

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5. The Marriage Portrait

By: Maggie O'Farrell

4.01

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. The author of award-winning Hamnet… read more

Similar categories in Maggie O'Farrell's The Marriage Portrait book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"May I keep this?"

-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait

"Was there no hope? the tigress seemed to be asking her. Will I always remain here? Will I never return home?"

-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait

"The animal was orange, burnished gold, fire made flesh; she was power and anger, she was vicious and exquisite;"

-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait

"Is it possible for a woman to be so unsettled in spirit that a child will have no hope of taking root within her?"

-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait

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6. The Heiress

By: Rachel Hawkins

3.87

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest w… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hawkins's The Heiress book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"One rarely finds salvation in Florida."

-Rachel Hawkins, The Heiress

"Sometimes it's fun to give people enough rope with which to hang themselves."

-Rachel Hawkins, The Heiress

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7. The House of Eve

By: Sadeqa Johnson

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelph… read more

Similar categories in Sadeqa Johnson's The House of Eve book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Cassandra in Reverse

By: Holly Smale

3.56

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK “A Time-Twisting Delight” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club June ’23 … read more

Similar categories in Holly Smale's Cassandra in Reverse book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Not everyone is like me: that much is painfully clear."

-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse

"Maybe love prefers to be eaten warm, like biscuits out of the oven."

-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse

"I can't help wondering: Am I a monster? And--if so--was I born or was I made?"

-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse

"I get caught up with trying to read all the music around me, instead of one note inside myself."

-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse

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9. Mother-Daughter Murder Night

By: Nina Simon

3.58

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door. A lighthearted whodunnit about a gran… read more

Similar categories in Nina Simon's Mother-Daughter Murder Night book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

By: Crystal Smith Paul

3.75

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of mode… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Smith Paul's Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We always have a choice; we only say we don't to soothe our conscience from what we're capable of."

-Crystal Smith Paul, Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

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11. The Diamond Eye

By: Kate Quinn

4.29

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II t… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Diamond Eye book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. On the Rooftop

By: Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

3.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides wit… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Wilkerson Sexton's On the Rooftop book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Counterfeit

By: Kirstin Chen

3.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Reese's Book Club hardcover edition can be found here. For fans of Hustlers and How to Get F… read more

Similar categories in Kirstin Chen's Counterfeit book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I'd nodded dumbly, unable to conceive how it was that I still had my grandmother while by baby no longer had his."

-Kirstin Chen, Counterfeit

"What had once been their greatest strength--their perceived docility and obedience, their relative invisibility--had become their weakness. The narrative flipped. Now their Asian features read as sch…"

-Kirstin Chen, Counterfeit

"She'd gone to the right schools, chosen the right career, married the right partner, formed the right family - and made enormous sacrifices in the process, and yet here she was, thoroughly miserable,…"

-Kirstin Chen, Counterfeit

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14. Maybe Next Time

By: Cesca Major

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780063239920. One Day meets Groundhog Day, in this heartwarming… read more

Similar categories in Cesca Major's Maybe Next Time book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Wrong Place Wrong Time

By: Gillian McAllister

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Can you stop a murder after it’s already happened? It is midnight on the morning of Halloween, a… read more

Similar categories in Gillian McAllister's Wrong Place Wrong Time book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. Lucky

By: Marissa Stapley

3.60

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

A thrilling roller-coaster ride about a heist gone terribly wrong, with a plucky protagonist who wi… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Stapley's Lucky book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Something stirred inside her that felt like hope — the kind of hope a lottery ticket held just before you checked its numbers."

-Marissa Stapley, Lucky

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17. The House in the Pines

By: Ana Reyes

3.11

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Armed with only hazy memories, a woman who long ago witnessed her friend's sudden, mysterious death… read more

Similar categories in Ana Reyes's The House in the Pines book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

18. The Christie Affair

By: Nina de Gramont

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Why would the world's most famous mystery writer disappear for eleven days? What makes a woman desp… read more

Similar categories in Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It seemed an important lesson for a young person. It wasn't only the angry people that should make one wary. The jolly ones could be even more dangerous."

-Nina de Gramont, The Christie Affair

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19. The Club

By: Ellery Lloyd

3.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062997425. From the author of People Like Her comes a smart … read more

Similar categories in Ellery Lloyd's The Club book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"That there was some sort of justice involved, in watching some of these people- these terrible fucking human beings, these terrible fucking men- beg, grovel, face for the first time ever the conseque…"

-Ellery Lloyd, The Club

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20. The Briar Club

By: Kate Quinn

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Briar Club book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

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21. The Paris Apartment

By: Lucy Foley

3.66

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set i… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Foley's The Paris Apartment book and Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

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