description: There has been a murder at Styles Court. Detective Poirot comes out of retirement to find out who would want the rich heiress Inglethorp dead, as well as have the impudence to poison her. The jagged plot turns keep Poirot - and the reader - guessing as suspicion shifts from one peculiar character to the next. In Agatha Christie's first published work, the reader meets Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, destined to become the central detective of Christie's mystery novels.
language: English
title: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
titlecomplete: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
characters: Arthur Hastings, Detective Chief Inspector James Japp, Evelyn Howard, Hercule Poirot, Cynthia Murdoch, Emily Inglethorp, Lawrence Cavendish, Dorcas (The Mysterious Affair at Styles), Mary Cavendish, John Cavendish, Alfred Inglethorp
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Murder Mystery, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Adult, Classics, Crime, Audiobook
ratings_count: 396420
places: England, Essex, England, United Kingdom
series: Hercule Poirot
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Audie Award
category: Mystery
publisher: Tantor Media