The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

With impeccable timing Hercule Poirot, the renowned Belgian detective, makes his dramatic entrance on to the English crime stage. Recently, there had been some strange goings on at Styles St Mary. Evelyn, constant companion to old Mrs Inglethorp, had stormed out of the house muttering something about 'a lot of sharks'. And with her, something indefinable had gone from the atmosphere. Her presence had spelt security; now the air seemed rife with suspicion and impending evil. A shattered coffee cup, a splash of candle grease, a bed of begonias all Poirot required to display his now legendary powers of detection.

“Almost too ingenious … very clearly and brightly told” Times Literary Supplement

“Very well contrived.” Sunday Times

“Altogether a skilful tale and a talented first book.” Daily News

“The most ingenious and absorbingly interesting tale of sensations and mystery we have read for a long time.” Bookman

“Well written, well proportioned, and full of surprises. Lovers of good stories will, without exception, rejoice in this book.” The British Weekly

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.

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ISBN 13	9780007119271
ISBN 10	0007119275
Title	The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Author	Agatha Christie
Series	Poirot
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2007-09-03
Number of pages	208
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