The Mysterious Affair At Styles (The First Hercule Poirot Mystery) - Softcover

Christie, Agatha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1491062010 ISBN 13: 9781491062012

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

The Mysterious Affair at Styles was Christie's first published novel, introducing Hercule Poirot, Inspector (later, Chief Inspector) Japp, and Arthur Hastings (Lieutenant and later, Captain). Poirot is described as "a dear little man", "an extraordinary looking little man" and a "quaint dandyfied little man". The story is told in first person by Hastings and features many of the elements that have become icons of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, largely due to Christie's influence. It is set in a large, isolated country manor. There are a half-dozen suspects, most of whom are hiding facts about themselves. The book includes maps of the house, the murder scene, and a drawing of a fragment of a will, as well as a number of red herrings and surprise plot twists.

About this title

About the Author

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (born Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote six romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for the 66 detective novels and more than 15 short story collections she wrote under her own name, most of which revolve around the investigations of such characters as Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple and Tommy and Tuppence. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, The Mousetrap.

Review

"Future scholars of the simon-pure detective novel will hold
that its greatest practitioner . . . has been Agatha Christie."
--The New York Times Book Review

" Future scholars of the simon-pure detective novel will hold
that its greatest practitioner . . . has been Agatha Christie."
-- The New York Times Book Review

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1491062010
• ISBN 13: 9781491062012
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 122