In Agatha Christie's first book, Hercule Poirot solves a baffling murder at an English country home.
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Language: en
Pages: 283
Pages: 283
Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was the result of a dare from her sister Madge who challenged her to write a story. The story begins when Hastings is sent back to England from the First World War due to injury and is invited to spend his
Language: en
Pages: 153
Pages: 153
In Agatha Christie's first book, Hercule Poirot solves a baffling murder at an English country home.
Language: en
Pages: 298
Pages: 298
Marking exactly 100 years since the publication of Agatha Christie's first novel, this new edition includes a previously deleted chapter and a newly discovered essay, 'Drugs and Detective Stories', in which Agatha Christie reminisces about the inspiration for Poirot's first case.
Language: en
Pages: 224
Pages: 224
Set in the summer of 1917, the story follows the war-wounded Hastings to the Styles St. Mary estate of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John's widowed mother to a suspicious younger man. In the village, Hastings runs into his
Language: en
Pages: 168
Pages: 168
First published in 1920, The Mysterious Affair at Styles was Agatha Christie's first novel. It introduced the world to Hercule Poirot, Christie's Belgian detective, who would go on to be featured in 39 of her novels. The mystery begins with the death of Emily Inglethorp at Styles, a manor in