The Mysterious Affair at Styles

agatha christie

Poirot, a Belgian refugee of the Great War, is settling in England near the home of Emily Inglethorp, who helped him to his new life. His friend Hastings arrives as a guest at her home. When the woman is killed, Poirot uses his detective skills to solve the mystery.

This edition is part of the Bantam Agatha Christie Mystery Collection leatherette-bound set with gold emblems front and spine on dark navy texture, marbled inside papers, front and back.

Genres mysteryagatha christiefictionclassicscrimeaudiobookmystery thrillerdetectivethrillermurder mystery

196 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1920

Series

Hercule Poirot

Literary awards

audie award,

Places

essex england, united kingdom,

This edition

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
Published: June 1, 1983 by Bantam Books
ISBN: 9780553350043
ASIN: 0553350048
Language: English

Characters More characters

Detective Chief Inspector James Japp

Detective Chief Inspector James Japp (later Assistant Commissioner Japp) is a fictional character who appears in several of Agatha Christies novels featuring Hercule Poirot.Japps career in the Poirot novels extends into the 1930s but, like Has...
John Cavendish

John is Emilys step-son by her first marriage. He is Hastings friend and invites him to spend his convalescence from a war wound at Styles.more...
Emily Inglethorp

Mrs. Inglethorp is elderly and the woman of the house at Styles Court, which she owns. Her new husband is Alfred, about 20 years her junior. She is John and Lawrence Cavendishs step-mother by her first marriage, their father having died.more...
Alfred Inglethorp

Mr. Inglethorp is married to Emily, her second husband. He stands to inherit most of her estate if she dies. Most members of the family and household consider him a fortune hunter!...
Cynthia Murdoch

Cynthia lives at Styles; she is the daughter of a family friend who passed away. She works in the nearby hospital pharmacy....
Mary Cavendish

Mary Cavendish is Johns wife.more...

About the author

agatha christie

Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.

Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサクリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)