The Mysterious Affair at Styles: Book Guide, Author and Facts
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Set in the summer of 1917 in an Essex country estate, the story follows the war-wounded Captain Arthur Hastings to the Styles St. Mary manor of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John's widowed old aunt Emily, she of a sizeable fortune, to a suspicious younger man, Alfred Inglethorp, twenty years her junior. Emily's two stepsons, John and Lawrence Cavendish, as well as John's wife Mary and several other people, also live at Styles. Late one night, the residents of Styles wake to find Emily Inglethorp dying. When Emily's sudden heart attack is found to be attributable to strychnine, Hastings, who had runs into his old friend, the Belgian Hercule Poirot, he recruits him to aid in the local investigation. With impeccable timing, Hercule Poirot, the insightful retired detective, makes his dramatic entrance to solve a most bafflin
Quick facts about The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- Title: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- Author: Agatha Christie
- First published: 1920
- Genre: fiction, mystery, crime fiction
- OpenLibrary ID: OL472715W
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What is The Mysterious Affair at Styles about?
Set in the summer of 1917 in an Essex country estate, the story follows the war-wounded Captain Arthur Hastings to the Styles St.
Who wrote The Mysterious Affair at Styles?
The Mysterious Affair at Styles was written by Agatha Christie.
When was The Mysterious Affair at Styles published?
The Mysterious Affair at Styles was first published in 1920.
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