The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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- Author：Agatha Christie
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Summary
Hercule Poirot is intrigued by the details surrounding the murder of wealthy Mrs Inglethorp， mistress of Styles Court。 This was Agatha Christie's first Poirot novel， published in 1921。
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Alternate cover editions for this ISBN can be found here: https://www。goodreads。com/book/show/4。。。
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Reviews
Judy
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The formula for a Christie mystery is to throw a plethora of characters into a baronial mansion somewhere in the English countryside - Essex， in this case - and then add the pompous， eccentric and officious Hercule Poirot who appears after a crime has been committed。 And voila， as the fly leaf proclaims， the criminal is ferreted out。 Not my cup of tea。 As cute and formulaic as that cliche I just used。 Sorry， Christie fans， she just doesn't engage me。 Instead of following all red herrings， I figu The formula for a Christie mystery is to throw a plethora of characters into a baronial mansion somewhere in the English countryside - Essex， in this case - and then add the pompous， eccentric and officious Hercule Poirot who appears after a crime has been committed。 And voila， as the fly leaf proclaims， the criminal is ferreted out。 Not my cup of tea。 As cute and formulaic as that cliche I just used。 Sorry， Christie fans， she just doesn't engage me。 Instead of following all red herrings， I figure I'll just go to the end and see what the great master has to proclaim。 。。。more
Maria
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4。25Ciekawa
Roshan Deshmukh
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Gripping， one time read。
Dorothy
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I honestly enjoyed it， but not my usual go to。 SPOILERS AHEAD BEWAREOKAY SPOILERS STARTINGSo I was thinking that Alfred was a red herring then I thought it was Lawrence， then Bauerstein， then Mary， then John。 I was guessing until the end。 BUT I NEVER SUSPECTED EVIE LIKE WHAT？！
Catherine G。
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why did it end with。。。 "Never mind。 Console yourself， my friend。 We may hunt together again， who knows？ And then-"the unfinished sentence hurts me and makes me want to read the next book immediatelyAnyways， For being Christie's first book， I found it very entertaining。 She introduces Poirot's character through a classic murder mystery story and expands on his quirky ways。 While she has better works， I think the book does its purpose nicely。 why did it end with。。。 "Never mind。 Console yourself， my friend。 We may hunt together again， who knows？ And then-"the unfinished sentence hurts me and makes me want to read the next book immediatelyAnyways， For being Christie's first book， I found it very entertaining。 She introduces Poirot's character through a classic murder mystery story and expands on his quirky ways。 While she has better works， I think the book does its purpose nicely。 。。。more
Katriona
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4，5
Kenia Sedler
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Enjoyable， light read！
Mark Zadrozny
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I wanted to see how Hercule Poirot arrived。 Interesting， too， on his reasons for taking on the case， and to read Christie's original ending though I think the editor was correct in suggesting the change。 I wanted to see how Hercule Poirot arrived。 Interesting， too， on his reasons for taking on the case， and to read Christie's original ending though I think the editor was correct in suggesting the change。 。。。more
Trisha
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3。5
Linda Calix
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Quede con el ojo cuadrado con la revelación del asesino。 También fue gracioso sentirme más lista que los personajes， pensando que ya tenia el asesino。 Es un libro corto y bastante entretenido。 El primero que leo de Agatha; tengo ganas de leer más de sus libros。
Keith Rhoden Jr
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Classic round （and round） of red herrings and useless hints， like no other。 Lots of fun in true Agatha Christie style。
riddlebookss
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La verdad es que no me esperaba para nada el final， es una novela bastante entretenida que puede hacer meterte dentro de la historia。 Hay algunas cosas que no me han gustado， por ejemplo al principio te meten un montón de personajes， los cuales todos están relacionados entre sí， pero enseguida te enteras de quien es quien， y puedes empezar a deducir quien es el asesino。 Si os gusta el misterio os invito a que leáis a Agatha Christie cien por cien， porque merece muchísimo la pena。 Voy a comprar a La verdad es que no me esperaba para nada el final， es una novela bastante entretenida que puede hacer meterte dentro de la historia。 Hay algunas cosas que no me han gustado， por ejemplo al principio te meten un montón de personajes， los cuales todos están relacionados entre sí， pero enseguida te enteras de quien es quien， y puedes empezar a deducir quien es el asesino。 Si os gusta el misterio os invito a que leáis a Agatha Christie cien por cien， porque merece muchísimo la pena。 Voy a comprar ahora mismo otro libro de esta mujer ya de ya。 。。。more
Girish Mahadevan
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Very good start to Hercule Poirot stories in an audiobook version was done well by Hugh Fraser but some parts in the start had clarity issues in the pronunciation and understanding of the words which improved in the later parts。
Andrea Campos
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This is more of a 3。5 leaning to 4 stars。 My first Agatha Christie book and audiobook！ The characters were memorable enough that it was not difficult to follow along through an audiobook。 Similarly， the plot is also quite simple， besides Poirot purposefully withholding information from Hastings throughout the book。 I appreciated the short length and concise conclusion at the end， which made this an incredibly satisfying read。 I look forward to picking up And Then There Were None as well as Murde This is more of a 3。5 leaning to 4 stars。 My first Agatha Christie book and audiobook！ The characters were memorable enough that it was not difficult to follow along through an audiobook。 Similarly， the plot is also quite simple， besides Poirot purposefully withholding information from Hastings throughout the book。 I appreciated the short length and concise conclusion at the end， which made this an incredibly satisfying read。 I look forward to picking up And Then There Were None as well as Murder on the Orient Express。 They are both 5 star predictions for me！ Conclusion: fast， fun read that made me even more excited to pick up more of Agatha Christie's mysteries！ 。。。more
Amy Laidler
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My prompt pick for my Go Fish TBR Game Firstly a huge thank you to Hannah @boundbycrime for being on hand in my tbr game and giving me her book recommendation for my prompt card。 So this is my first Agatha Christie book and I was so excited to finally read a Hercule Poirot one。 But unfortunately I'm one of those rare people， who just isn't here for Agatha's books unfortunately。。。which sucks as I had high hopes！ For me I was confused with the writing style as it's based after the Great War， the d My prompt pick for my Go Fish TBR Game Firstly a huge thank you to Hannah @boundbycrime for being on hand in my tbr game and giving me her book recommendation for my prompt card。 So this is my first Agatha Christie book and I was so excited to finally read a Hercule Poirot one。 But unfortunately I'm one of those rare people， who just isn't here for Agatha's books unfortunately。。。which sucks as I had high hopes！ For me I was confused with the writing style as it's based after the Great War， the dialogue was very oldern times and I just got lost on what it all was meant to mean。 I also felt that the plot was very slow。 （You should know by now I like my fast paced books！） I did enjoy Poirot and Hastings characters。 I liked their friendship they had， and the fact that the pair of them worked together to investigate the Styles Hall death。 I also liked the detective investigation too， it was very interesting to watch Poirot look for clues and unravel what really happened。 I also didn't predict who the murderer was， which was good as I do love a who dunnit story。 I can see why many like Christie's books and not everything about this book was bad。 Just for me I prefer things to be fast paced and I need to understand it。 I have the second book in the Poirot series， so I will read that and see if things get better for me。 However， if not then I won't continue。 I do realise I'm a rarity here， so please don't not try Christie's books just because of my review， I definitely say check them out and make your own opinion on it。 。。。more
Thom
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Written more than 100 years ago， this was a pretty quick read。 Apparently written on a bet， that Agatha Christie couldn't write a detective novel in which the reader couldn’t deduce the criminal。 I was surprised， but I'm no mystery junkie :）This is the first Hercule Poirot novel as well， following a short story written a few years earlier。 Have read many reviews that say this is not the best introduction to the little Belgian - better to go back and read this later as a "prequel"。It is also in t Written more than 100 years ago， this was a pretty quick read。 Apparently written on a bet， that Agatha Christie couldn't write a detective novel in which the reader couldn’t deduce the criminal。 I was surprised， but I'm no mystery junkie :）This is the first Hercule Poirot novel as well， following a short story written a few years earlier。 Have read many reviews that say this is not the best introduction to the little Belgian - better to go back and read this later as a "prequel"。It is also in the public domain， available on project Gutenberg and better， https://standardebooks。org/ebooks/aga。。。 which edits and cleans up Gutenberg titles。 I liked it。 。。。more
Jiwo
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The turn of events was very nice although it was very obvious at the beginning who the killer was。 In my opinion， the story is stretched out so it became a long read。 This is my first book of Agatha Christie， I'm not aware if that is her style of writing。 I guess I'm more of a straightforward show episode type of mystery fan。 ♡ The turn of events was very nice although it was very obvious at the beginning who the killer was。 In my opinion， the story is stretched out so it became a long read。 This is my first book of Agatha Christie， I'm not aware if that is her style of writing。 I guess I'm more of a straightforward show episode type of mystery fan。 ♡ 。。。more
Alexandre
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I quite thoroughly enjoyed this book。 I remember in 2020 playing the ABC murders game on ps4 and finding it very calming and a delight， this book is the same。 I did not expect the murders to be them， though I didn't try too hard since I was listening to the audiobook but still the misdirection。 Great book！ I quite thoroughly enjoyed this book。 I remember in 2020 playing the ABC murders game on ps4 and finding it very calming and a delight， this book is the same。 I did not expect the murders to be them， though I didn't try too hard since I was listening to the audiobook but still the misdirection。 Great book！ 。。。more
hayls 🐴
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Christie’s favourite review of this， her first mystery， was from the Journal of Pharmacology who credited her with knowledge of drug interactions and chemistry （specifically precipitation reactions） which she learnt during her WW1 work in the dispensary。
Cynthia_entrelineas
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Agatha lo mejor！ Tantos detalles！
Sarthak
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This was a very old fashioned writing but it completely makes sense as it was first published in 1920。 I struggled keeping with lots of details at the start and maybe the first few chapters are very slow。 The book in itself is quite short so it seemed like a huge chunk of it was just used for building characters。 I think I'm a bit biased but I definitely love a good mystery， so will recommend to give this book a read。 This was a very old fashioned writing but it completely makes sense as it was first published in 1920。 I struggled keeping with lots of details at the start and maybe the first few chapters are very slow。 The book in itself is quite short so it seemed like a huge chunk of it was just used for building characters。 I think I'm a bit biased but I definitely love a good mystery， so will recommend to give this book a read。 。。。more
Susam
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3。5
Maria Mursula
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Ei ehkä tekijänsä parhaimmistoa。 Paikoin hieman sekava （saattaa toki johtua myös siitä， että jonkun kerran nukahdin kirjaa sängyssä kuunnellessani）。Toki pitää muistaa， että kyseessä Agatha Christien ensimmäinen teos， joten kirjallisen ilmaisun ja kokonaisuuden ei voi vielä olettaakaan hioutuneen huippuunsa。 Poirot'n ajoittainen keikarius ja vertaansa vailla oleva nokkeluus nostavat kuitenkin jo päätään。Jos on Christien fani， kannattaahan tämä lukea jo sen takia， että hahmottaa hänen tuotantoaan Ei ehkä tekijänsä parhaimmistoa。 Paikoin hieman sekava （saattaa toki johtua myös siitä， että jonkun kerran nukahdin kirjaa sängyssä kuunnellessani）。Toki pitää muistaa， että kyseessä Agatha Christien ensimmäinen teos， joten kirjallisen ilmaisun ja kokonaisuuden ei voi vielä olettaakaan hioutuneen huippuunsa。 Poirot'n ajoittainen keikarius ja vertaansa vailla oleva nokkeluus nostavat kuitenkin jo päätään。Jos on Christien fani， kannattaahan tämä lukea jo sen takia， että hahmottaa hänen tuotantoaan kokonaisvaltaisemmin。 。。。more
Greek Book Addiction - Tania
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9/10
Satomi
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3。5 StarsI did not know Poirot is this comical。 I also did not know Hasting is a simple and acquiescent guy。 You need to doubt the character who is not at all suspicious in a mystery book。 Aha！This phrase is everything， “Everything must be taken into account。 If the fact will not fit the theory-let the theory go。”This one was a little too complicated to my taste， but I enjoyed it all right。
Juan Martin
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Es la primera novela de Poirot que leo。 Si bien puede que el relato haya sido directo y sin mucho desarrollo de los ambientes y los personajes， tengo mi sospecha de que， al haber sido la primera historia narrada por Hastings y también de Christie， no sé hasta que punto el estilo para escribir se vio afectadado por ser el primero o bien lo escribió así， sabiendo lo que hacía。
Shamim Ehsan
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Very similar like Madam Christies' another book。 Expected more from Poirots first one。 Very similar like Madam Christies' another book。 Expected more from Poirots first one。 。。。more
Debra Bates
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I read every Agatha Christie book I could get my hands on when I was young but only found this one recently。 I have walked through her house and peered at the tiny space and typewriter she penned her many mysteries， then wandered across the beautiful grounds and down the river to the sea shore。 I am an avid fan and this book left me well satisfied。 Hercule Poirot is a delightful character
Karen Almendárez
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Mi experiencia anterior con la autora había sido bastante fría y superflua， sin embargo este libro fué muy agradable， entretenido e ingenioso， espero leer mas de ella pronto。
Kerry A
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