The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Softcover

Christie, Agatha

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ISBN 10: 1600964532 ISBN 13: 9781600964534

Publisher: Waking Lion Press, 2006

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The heiress of Styles has been murdered, dying in agony from strychnine slipped into her coffee. And there are plenty of people who would gain from her death: the financially strapped stepson, the gold-digging younger husband, and an embittered daughter-in-law. Monsieur Poirot comes out of retirement to figure out who would have the impudence--and the motive--to commit the crime. In this book Agatha Christie's eccentric and hugely popular detective, Hercule...

About the Author

Agatha Christie (1890-1976) remains the undisputed best crime and mystery writer in history. She is remembered for her 66 detective novels, 14 short stories and the creation of Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. By the age of 5 years, Agatha taught herself to read and was interested in singing and piano. Her shy character; however, prevented her from being a pianist. Agatha wrote her first mystery novel,...

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"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

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