The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1)

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Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorpe, and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom Sus pects abound in the quaint village of Styles St Mary from the heiress s fawning new husband to her two stepsons, her volatile housekeeper, and a pretty nurse who works in a hospital dispensary Making his unforgettable debut, the brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is on the case The key to the success of this style of detective novel, writes Elizabeth George in her Introduction, lies in how the author deals with both the clues and the red herrings, and it has to be said that no one bettered Agatha Christie at this game. Download The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1) by Agatha Christie – kino-fada.fr Choose Your Own Adventure You are Captain Arthur Hastings, and you are slowly falling in love with a Belgian The feelings are embarrassing at first you find the Belgian himself to be quite an embarrassment But there is just something about him Could it be his suave, continental sense of humor his keen sense of justice his shapely, rubenesque figure Or is it simply his hypnotic mustache, perhaps The passion develops in fits and starts You don t want to love him, you really don t You Choose Your Own Adventure You are Captain Arthur Hastings, and you are slowly falling in love with a Belgian The feelings are embarrassing at first you find the Belgian himself to be quite an embarrassment But there is just something about him Could it be his suave, continental sense of humor his keen sense of justice his shapely, rubenesqu...Dear me, Poirot, I said with a sigh, I think you have explained everything And how wonderful of you to wait until page 230 to finally shed light on all your absurd behavior throughout the book, and to justify and the red herrings and narrative padding But of course, it could only be so in the classic style of a fiendish murder mystery Why, in fact, though this is but the first case we have solved together, I have no doubt we could do the exact same th...If you ve read my reviews before, you know I love mystery fiction, and in particular, the classics Agatha Christie died in 1976, and I was born the following year Two things come to mind 1 It s a good thing I wasn t alive when she died because I would have been so miserable to be around 2 Since I was born just about a year later, I m wondering if maybe a small part of her lives on as I love her genius and her works of literature and I can re read her books over and over again wit If you ve read my reviews before, you know I love mystery fiction, and in par...February has been a tough month for me this time around I can t pinpoint it but there have been too many gray days even without the snow on the ground Spring is mercifully around the corner and with it sun and happier reading times ahead I tend to read mysteries as palette cleansers in between denser reads but at count I have read four mysterie....1 1920 1887 1909 1920 1916,39 2017 This is Agatha Christie s debut novel, published in 1920, and the first featuring her detective, Hercule Poirot By any standards it is an assured and well written debut novel and, considering the period it was written, it is also remarkably undated Apparently, Agatha Christie was challenged by her sister to write a detective story, for which I am eternally grateful, as this was her offering Like one of the characters in this novel, Agatha worked in the dispensary of a local hospital and gaine This is Agatha Christie s debut novel, published in 1920, and the first featuring her detective, Hercule Poirot By any standards it is an assured and well written debut novel and, considering the period it was written, it is also remarkably undated Appar...How did I go for so long without reading an Agatha Christie I wish I d picked one up sooner I figured my first read should be the first book published I have an OCDish need to read books in order and I have to say that this is a fantastic debut novel Most authors work gets better with time if Christie gets better than this then I have some treats in store Long story cut short Mrs Inglethorp, the old lady owner of Styles Court, suffers a violent fit early one morning and dies It appea How did I go for so long without reading an Agatha Christie I wish I d picked one up sooner I figured my first read should be the first book published I have an OCDish need to read books in order and I have to say that this is a fantastic debut novel Most authors work gets better with time if Christie gets better than this then I have some treats in store Long story cut short Mrs Inglethorp, the old lady owner of Styles Court, suffers a violent fit early one morning and dies It appears that foul play is in the air and the family bring in Hercule Poirot to investigateThis book was everything a murder mystery should be There were intriguing characters which, incidentally, are nicely fleshed out , a page turning plot, plenty of clues and red herrings and, best of all, it kept me guessing right until the very end The na....This is the first published novel of Agatha Christie, and the first to feature her famous detective character, Hercule Poirot So far this is my favorite Christie novel, but I have only read three which leaves me well short of knowing which are her best The novel was ...The Mysterious Affair at Styles Meeting Hercule PoirotDame Agatha Christie was born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller on 15 September 1890 in Torquay, Devon, South West England and lived a very full life until her death by natural causes on 12 January 1976 During those eighty five years the lady published sixty six novels and fourteen short story collections, becoming the best selling author in history, outsold only by the Bible Agatha Christie as a child Christie s remarkable life as a writer h The Mysterious Affair at ...

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1)
  • English
  • 07 April 2018
  • Paperback
  • 294 pages
  • 0646418432
  • Agatha Christie
  • The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1)