description: Agatha Christie's first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, introduces the characters of Hercule Poirot, Chief Inspector Japp, and Captain Arthur Hastings. In the midst of World War I, the residents of Styles wake one morning to find Emily Inglethorpe has been fatally poisoned. Captain Hastings, staying with the family, enlists the help of his old friend, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. With the evidence mounting against one member of the family, Poirot uses his technique to prove who really killed Emily. The novel is told in first person by Hastings and features many of the elements that, thanks to Christie, would become icons of the Golden age of detective it is set in a large, isolated country manor and features half a dozen suspects, most of whom are hiding facts about themselves; the book includes maps of the house and the murder scene and a drawing of a fragment of a will; and there are a number of red herrings and surprise plot twists. This title can only be shipped within the United States
language: English
title: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
titlecomplete: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
characters: Lawrence Cavendish, Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings, Mary Cavendish, Detective Chief Inspector James Japp, Alfred Inglethorp, Dorcas (The Mysterious Affair at Styles), Cynthia Murdoch, Evelyn Howard, John Cavendish, Emily Inglethorp
genres: Classics, Mystery, Adult, Murder Mystery, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 396292
places: United Kingdom, Essex, England, England
series: Hercule Poirot
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Audie Award
category: Mystery
publisher: Tantor Audio