
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The First Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
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Narrated by:
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Hugh Fraser
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By:
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Agatha Christie
Captain Arthur Hastings, invalided in the Great War, is recuperating as a guest of John Cavendish at Styles Court, the "country-place" of John's autocratic old aunt, Emily Inglethorpe - she of a sizeable fortune, and so recently remarried to a man 20 years her junior. When Emily's sudden heart attack is found to be attributable to strychnine, Hastings recruits an old friend, now retired, to aid in the local investigation. With impeccable timing, Hercule Poirot, the famous Belgian detective, makes his dramatic entrance into the pages of crime literature.
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Great for a road trip
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Loved it!
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You will love this book!!
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classic for a reason
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it trouly caught me again. Difficult to lay down between opertunities to read.
still could not guess who the killer was
Always great
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This is Dame Agatha's first Poirot novel, and provides a nice bit of backstory into how Poirot and Hastings became friends. The mystery is full of those features that became a hallmark of all her novels. An intriguing murder. A houseful of suspects. A few red herrings. And, of course, the big reveal at the end. Plus Inspector Japp makes his debut. A nearly perfect first book that stands up well.
Bravo for Hugh Fraser
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Great
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The mystery is well crafted and well written, with all the clues laid out but well hidden under red herrings and the setting of a family manor home during the deprivations and suspicions of a country at war.
wonderfully read, engaging mystery
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This book was the first of the Hercule Poirot series, written in 1920. Some of the language and situations are dated, but the wonderfully complex solution to the mystery is Christie at her best.
Hugh Frasers narration is excellent. HIs accent for Poirot is superb.
Still Entertaining
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Great narrator.
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