The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Book 1 of Hercule Poirot
Language: English
Classics Crime Detective Detective and Mystery Stories English Fiction Fiction - Mystery General Hercule (Fictitious character) Murder Mystery Mystery & Detective Mystery & Detective - General Poirot Poisoning Thriller
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: Oct 1, 1920
Description:
Agatha Christie's debut novel was the first to feature Hercule Poirot, her famously eccentric Belgian detective. A refugee of the Great War, Poirot is settling in England near Styles Court, the country estate of his wealthy benefactor, the elderly Emily Inglethorp. When Emily is poisoned and the authorities are baffled, Poirot puts his prodigious sleuthing skills to work. Suspects are plentiful, including the victim’s much younger husband, her resentful stepsons, her longtime hired companion, a young family friend working as a nurse, and a London specialist on poisons who just happens to be visiting the nearby village. All of them have secrets they are desperate to keep, but none can outwit Poirot as he navigates the ingenious red herrings and plot twists that earned Agatha Christie her well-deserved reputation as the queen of mystery.