The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Paperback Published on: 26/09/2013
Price: £9.99
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A Legend is Born at Styles!
There is no doubt that Agatha Christie is the undisputed queen of crime and in The Mysterious Affair At Styles we meet her most legendary creation for the ... READ MORE
I Adore Poirot
Poirot is my new favourite detective! He is a little dramatic and has a talent for taking the long way to the point and that's what makes him the best and ... READ MORE
Iconic Introduction
Finished in one sitting, absolutely unputdownable. Poirot’s first appearance and Agatha Christie’s first crime novel is pacy, well realised and perfectly w... READ MORE
Synopsis
A country house
A murder
A Belgian detective
After the Great War, life can never be the same again.
Captain Arthur Hastings is invited to Styles To recuperate from injuries sustained at the Front. It is the last place he expects to encounter murder.
Fortunately he knows a former detective, a Belgian refugee, who happens to be staying nearby . . .
Here, for the first time, meet Agatha Christie’s legendary creation: Hercule Poirot
Publisher information
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN: 9780007527496
- Number of pages: 288
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 19 mm
- Weight: 200g
- Languages: English
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
A good first novel that shows great promise. Whilst it does have its flaws (characters referred to by several variations of their names, unnecessary courtr... READ MORE
Amazing!!!
This book is the first Poirot book ... it was sreiously gripping and hard to put down however, it was not my favourite book of Poirot's ... surprisingly ..... READ MORE
The mysterious affair at Styles
I found it rather hard to put down at times, and it gets very exciting, It was very cleverly written, despite not being the Very best of Poirot. An Awesome... READ MORE
The little grey cells!!!
Wonderful story, beautifully written, a must read!!! You must read this if you like a mystery story, and poirot is a remarkable detective, I look forward t... READ MORE
Fantastic !
'The Mysterious Affair at Styles' is a fantastic crime book. That I would highly recommend to everyone, with the twists and turns in the book it is a must... READ MORE
The original Poirot
Hastings has been injured on the battlefield and sent back to England to recuperate. Staying with his friend at his mother’s estate, Hastings stumbles int... READ MORE
A good Christie / Poirot mystery but not the most riveting of books
I suppose the only drawback to this book is that film and tv have done so many adaptations that the character of Poirot almost makes the murder mystery see... READ MORE
A brilliant read
Ok. I confess. I had never read an Agatha Christie book before this one (despite owning many). Like most people I am familiar with the stories and have wat... READ MORE
Astonishing
4.5-This book was really good and extremely good for a first book. This is my 2nd Agatha Christie book (First being Murder on the Orient Express) and it se... READ MORE
A star is born
First book that saw the light of printing with Miss Christie's name on it, this book has a rare quality to it. It smells of promise. The promise of talent,... READ MORE
My first Agatha novel, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
This is my first ever Agatha novel, and I decided to go with Poirot over Miss Marple as I heard so many good things from my books friends about these books... READ MORE
Great easy reading book
It’s a good book if you love mysteries. I would’ve loved her to explore more the human nature and the characters. At times I felt that I just discovered th... READ MORE
Great Read!
Thank you to the publishers for this review copy. I haven't read much Agatha Christie for decades but I did always enjoy her books.
(I have some very old ... READ MORE
5 STARS
A murder-mystery that was genuinely an experience to read because it had me second-guessing, backtracking and doing everything I could to solve it, whilst ... READ MORE
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