Author: Agatha Christie
Media Type: Book
Type: Fiction
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Series: No. 1 Hercules Poirot
Summary: The family
matriarch Mrs. Emily Inglethorpe has been poisoned to death. But the room was locked
from the inside. So did Mrs. Inglethorpe take her own life, was the poisoning a
mortal error or was Mrs. I murdered? The little Belgian detective Hercules
Poirot will discover the truth. His little gray cells will not stop until the truth is found and, if need be, justice has been served.
There is no writer
who understood or expressed the nuances of social behavior the way Agatha
Christie did. Her observance of human nature was keen and precise. When you
read her novels you never doubt that her characters could be real people. Through
deeds and dialogue Christie defined their dominate traits letting you know what
role they play in a group dynamic.
Her novels, though necessarily exaggerated,
project over and over what Dame Christie had concluded – anyone is capable of
anything, even murder.
The Mysterious
Affair at Styles is Dame Agatha’s first published novel and it marks the
appearance of her unique, lovable and sharp witted detective Hercules Poirot. The
little Belgian detective with his perfectly waxed mustaches and his ever active
gray cells is a legend in the whodunit world.
This first novel
would set the stage for over 200 stories to come, and what stories they
were. Dame Agatha is the Queen of the climactic “gathering of suspects.” Her suspenseful
method is enjoyable for the reader and a classroom for the writer.
I recommend this
book to anyone who loves mysteries. I also recommend it to anyone who thinks they would not like
mysteries. Dame Agatha just rights a damn good book. Her novels are clean, clear and paced just right. And
they're fun!
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Publisher: A Bed Book
Copyright Date: Original 1920, current 2005
ISBN: 978-1933652467
ASIN: B008L5G4I8
Suggested Audience: Adults, Young Adults, Teen
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