The Mysterious Affair at Styles

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Mystery / Christie, Agatha	4-week checkout	Due 05-09-2024

There has been a murder at Styles Court. Detective Poirot comes out of retirement to solve who would want the rich heiress Inglethorp dead, and would have the impudence to poison her. The jagged plot turns keep Poirot guessing as suspicion shifts from one peculiar character to the next.

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Awesome book! submitted by enano.2 on July 15, 2019, 2:26pm This book was very well written and it kept me engaged the entire time! The ending was very astonishing, and I kept changing my suspicions throughout the entire book! I think this book is very entertaining, although it was a bit slow at first. However, it really demonstrates why Agatha Christie became such a famous author and I highly recommend it!

Great mystery submitted by Princess Cimorene on July 22, 2020, 1:01am This was the first Agatha Christie book I ever read and I really enjoyed it. It was a cozy and mysterious, and there is such a distinct atmosphere to it that kept me engaged.

Poirot Starts Strong submitted by Meginator on June 12, 2021, 9:47am This is the first Hercule Poirot mystery and it lays the groundwork for much of what is to follow. The mystery itself revolves around a poisoning, and Christie does an excellent job of slowly shifting the reader’s suspicions among the cast of characters and a large line-up of potential suspects. At one point I was foolish enough to think that I had outsmarted her (if not Poirot himself, in whom I have the highest confidence), but the solution was very clever and surprising. I highly recommend this for fans of traditional detective stories; there’s a reason Christie’s legacy is so long-lasting.