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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles Paperback - 2010

by Agatha Christie


About this book

Written in 1916, during World War I, The Mysterious Affair at Styles is Agatha Christie’s first published novel. The story introduces the author’s world-famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, as well as Lieutenant (later Captain) Hastings and Inspector (later Chief Inspector) Japp. The mystery begins with Poirot settling in England near the home of Emily Inglethorp. When Emily is killed, Poirot must apply his detective skills to solve the mystery based on a few seemingly random clues. The book includes maps of the house, the murder scene, and a drawing of a fragment of a will.

First Edition Identification

After having been rejected by six publishers, John Lane (US) produced the story in novel form for the first time in October 1920. (The Mysterious Affair at Styles had previously been serialized in the UK’s The Times in February of that year.) The first edition of the novel has a hardcover with 296 pages. Beneath the dustjacket illustrated by Alfred James Dewey, the book is covered in pale brown cloth with dark green lettering on the upper cover and spine.

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  • Title The Mysterious Affair at Styles
  • Author Agatha Christie
  • Binding Paperback
  • Publisher Resurrected Press
  • Date 2010-08
  • ISBN 9781935774303
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British

About the author

Dame Agatha Christie (1890 - 1996) is infamous for writing over 80 detective and mystery novels. She is less well known as a writer of romances and plays, though she dabbled in those genres as well. She is the best-selling writer of books of any kind, and is the most translated author in the world.
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