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The Damn Library

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197: Nita Prose (THE MAID) & Nina de Gramont's THE CHRISTIE AFFAIR

In This Episode:

Nita Prose drops into the Damn Library to illuminate her runaway hit novel, winner of a Goodreads Choice Award, The Maid, and all the ways she used her past as an editor and her knowledge of the tropes of mystery writing reused to create it. Plus, she brings along Nina de Gramont’s The Christie Affair, because who can ever get enough Agatha Christie?


 
 

THE EP. 197 BOOKSHELF

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Nita: The Hike by Lucy Clark
Christopher: Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery & Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns

ALSO MENTIONED:

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
The Appeal by Janice Hallett
Agatha Christie's Word Frequency linked to Alzheimer’s
The Push by Audrey Audrain
Matilda by Roald Dahl

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Nita: The Whispers by Audrey Audrain
Christopher: Matilda (dir. Matthew Warchus, 2022)

THE DAMN BAR:

 
 
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