The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Poirot) - Tapa dura

‘Almost too ingenious... very clearly and brightly told.’ Times Literary Supplement

‘Deals with poisons in a knowledgeable way... Miss Agatha Christie knows her job.’ Pharmaceutical Journal

With impeccable timing Hercule Poirot, the renowned Belgian detective, makes his dramatic entrance on to the English crime stage.

Recently, there had been some strange goings on at Styles St Mary. Evelyn, constant companion to old Mrs Inglethorp, had stormed out of the house muttering something about ‘a lot of sharks’. And with her, something indefinable had gone from the atmosphere. Her presence had spelt security; now the air seemed rife with suspicion and impending evil.