The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Hercule Poirot (Book 1)
Hercule Poirot - Book 1
$17.89
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
4 November 2013
Summary
A country house A murder A Belgian detective
After the Great War, life can never be the same again.
Captain Arthur Hastings is invited to Styles To recuperate from injuries sustained at the Front. It is the last place he expects to encounter murder.
Fortunately he knows a former detective, a Belgian refugee, who happens to be staying nearby …
Here, for the first time, meet Agatha Christie’s legendary creation: Hercule Poirot
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780007527496 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0007527497 |
| Author: | Agatha Christie |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 4 November 2013 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Poirot |
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Critics Review
‘Almost too ingenious … very clearly and brightly told.’Times Literary Supplement
‘Very well contrived.’Sunday Times
‘Altogether a skilful tale and a talented first book.’Daily News
‘The most ingenious and absorbingly interesting tale of sensations and mystery we have read for a long time.’Bookman
‘Well written, well proportioned, and full of surprises. Lovers of good stories will, without exception, rejoice in this book.’The British Weekly
About The Author
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.
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