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The Mysterious Affair at Styles

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
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There were not less than seven people at the fashionable estate in Essex, England, who might have abided Emily Inglethorp if she were more dead than alive. There were not less than seven motives and no fewer than seven apparently fool-proof alibis when the wealthy lady of Styles lay dead in her own bed. Had the perfect crime been committed?

Here is the famous first case that launched the legendary career of Hercule Poirot. Agatha Christie's brilliant and eccentric detective steps out of retirement and into the shadows of a classic mystery. The victim is a wealthy heiress. The suspects are her fortune-hunting husband, her jealous relatives, her hired companion, and others. The solution is a deadly scheme that can only be revealed by the master detective himself, Hercule Poirot.

Public Domain (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Classics Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Traditional Detectives Crime Cozy British Mysteries
Intriguing Story • Layered Storyline • Good Character Voices • Quintessential Mysteries • Twisting Plots
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Interesting plot, lots of twists and turns. Fun listen, enjoyable mystery to figure out. Recommended for any mystery lover!!

Very Poirot!!

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Large portions of the book were duplicated making the story tedious. Cannot recommend this book.

Sections Duplicated

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The recording isn’t edited well and occasionally will back up and repeat a section. Toward the end there is a big part that gets repeated.

Good story but recording has problems

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in a couple of places, memorably chapter 12, the book skips back and repeats. quite annoying. audio quality is just OK. Difficult to hear. otherwise, a great read.

great story, but audio issues persist

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It was a good mystery. The pace was slow at first, but it picked up halfway through. The reader did a great job with the two different accents. It kept me guessing.

Fascinating!

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I love Agatha Christie mysteries and will listen to them over and over. This rendition sounds dated and is satisfactory but better versions out there.

Classic Agatha Christie

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Good classic if dated story. Reader might be okay for Miss Marple but is NOT good for Poirot. All in all, this was disappointing.

Always love Agatha Christie but…

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A complex and surprising crime novel. Being Agatha Christie-s first, she did not have time to fall into her routines yet. Characters are all interesting, the concept is still fresh.

The first and maybe the best Agatha Christie novel

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There were a few jumps backwards but I loved the narration and story so I wasn’t bothered.

Jumps

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I really liked the story, but the recording leaves a lot to be desired. The whole thing, save for a couple sentences in the middle, sounds very muffled. I had to severely adjust my EQ just to be able to clearly make out what the reader was saying. There are also numerous places where it will jump back and repeat a passage. Usually just a sentence or two, but one towards the end was several minutes long. The reader herself is fine to listen to, I just wish it didn’t sound like it was coming through a pillow.

Enjoyable, but with recording issues

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