The Mysterious Affair at Styles: 1 (Agatha Christie Collection S.) - Hardcover

Christie, Agatha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0002321394 ISBN 13: 9780002321396

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2001

Synopsis

Agatha Christie’s first novel, 80 years old this year, reissued in hardback on the 25th anniversary of the author’s death.

With impeccable timing Hercule Poirot, the renowned Belgian detective, makes his dramatic entrance on to the English crime stage.

Recently, there had been some strange goings on at Styles St Mary. Evelyn, constant companion to old Mrs Inglethorp, had stormed out of the house muttering something about ‘a lot of sharks’. And with her, something indefinable had gone from the atmosphere. Her presence had spelt security; now the air seemed rife with suspicion and impending evil.

A shattered coffee cup, a splash of candle grease, a bed of begonias... all Poirot required to display his now legendary powers of detection.

About this title

Review:

‘Almost too ingenious... very clearly and brightly told.’
Times Literary Supplement

‘Deals with poisons in a knowledgeable way... Miss Agatha Christie knows her job.’
Pharmaceutical Journal

Book Description:

Now available on CD - a classic Poirot mystery

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0002321394
• ISBN 13: 9780002321396
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208