The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Agatha Christie

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HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
05 May 2023

Fiction & Literature; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Crime & Mystery; Classic crime; Historical mysteries; First World War fiction

Series: Poirot

Agatha Christie’s first ever murder mystery, now presented as a sumptuous special edition hardback.

‘Beware! Peril to the detective who says: “It is so small – it does not matter…” Everything matters.’

After the Great War, life can never be the same again. Wounds need healing, and the horror of violent death banished into memory.

Captain Arthur Hastings is invited to the rolling country estate of 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 has grown bored of retirement…

The first Hercule Poirot mystery, now published with a previously deleted chapter and introduced by Agatha Christie expert Dr John Curran.

By: Agatha Christie
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Special edition
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 141mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 350g
ISBN: 9780008567118
ISBN 10: 0008567115
Series: Poirot
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 05 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.

Reviews for The Mysterious Affair at Styles

'Almost too ingenious ... very clearly and brightly told.' Times Literary Supplement 'Very well contrived.' Sunday Times 'Altogether a skilful tale and a talented first book.' Daily News 'The most ingenious and absorbingly interesting tale of sensations and mystery we have read for a long time.' Bookman 'Well written, well proportioned, and full of surprises. Lovers of good stories will, without exception, rejoice in this book.' The British Weekly