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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. First Hercule Poirot novel. A wealthy woman is killed. Who did it? How and why? I enjoyed seeing Poirot before he was her most famous sleuth. He sits back to let things happen. He investigates in his own way. He does not come out and declare who is the murderer. He has his theories and I like how he waits to test his theories before letting Hastings know what he thinks. He leads Hastings along the path of his investigation. I liked how Hastings got angry with Poirot for not sharing his thoughts. At least half the people involved with the woman are suspects. When Poirot explains who and how the murder was committed, I was surprised (more by the how then the who.) I could see how she starts setting out Poirot's little quirks here. She also shows how Poirot and Hastings work together. Hastings is more emotional than Poirot. I love Agatha Christie's books. I am always surprised at how good she is when I come back to read her again. Agatha Christie is a great choice for a palate cleanser! For me, a mystery is a great summer read, beside the pool or at the beach. This is the book that started it all for Christie. It is a light-hearted murder mystery, but not a "cozy" mystery. We meet Hercule Poirot and learn a bit about his background. He is a refugee from Belgium during WWI living near Styles where the murder of Emily Cavendish Inglethorpe takes place. I loved the interaction between the narrator, Hastings, and Poirot. Hastings thinks he would make a good detective but Poirot impatiently debunks all his theories. It had me guessing until the end. Very enjoyable. Belongs to SeriesHercule Poirot (1) Belongs to Publisher SeriesDelfinserien (430) — 9 more Mirabilia (40) Nova terra (129) Gli Oscar Mondadori - Gialli (8; 1014) Penguin Books (6) SaPo (116) Scherz Krimi (988) Is contained inAgatha Christie Collection: The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie Agatha Christie Crime Collection: And Then There Were None, Dumb Witness, The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie The Mysterious Affair at Styles / Peril at End House / The A.B.C. Murders / One, Two Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / The Mysterious Affair at Styles / A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie 1920's Agatha Christie, Vol. 1: The Mysterious Affair at Styles / The Secret Adversary / Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot Bundle: The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Murder on the Links, Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie British Mystery Megapack Volume 3: The Mysterious Affair At Styles, The Secret Agent, The Man Who Would Be King, A Christmas Tragedy and The Dead Secret by Agatha Christie The Mysterious Affair at Styles / Murder on the Orient Express / The A.B.C. Murders / Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie Has the adaptationThe Graphic Canon of Crime & Mystery, Vol. 1: From Sherlock Holmes to A Clockwork Orange to Jo Nesbø by Russ Kick InspiredAwardsNotable Lists
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HTML: Who doesn't love a good mystery novel? Curl up with The Mysterious Affair at Styles, a tale from the pen of Agatha Christie, a writer who is regarded by critics and fans alike as one of the masters of the form. This classic manor-house mystery introduces Christie's much beloved character, the detective Hercule Poirot. .No library descriptions found.
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I am a big sucker for classic who done it. I enjoy mystery TV shows with a nice big story, and I am not able to call the killer in the first 5 minutes. Because if I do the story and all the characters just fall apart.
I recently discovered Agatha Christie's Poirot TV series on britbox, and it became my latest obsession. So, naturally, I had to read the books.
This lived up to my expectations, plot well plotted out with so many suspects one couldn't deduce quickly. What I enjoyed was the sort of house plans to show where everybody's rooms were in the house, including staff entrance. So if I wanted to, I could have taken a piece of paper and started making decductions on who was where and what everybody said, like a classic game of cluedo.
Hercule Poirot is a self-absorbing detective who knows he is smarter than anyone else and wishes everyone to use their little grey cells. To come to the same conclusions as he did.
I was a bit disappointed that the novel was told from Mr Hastings' point of view, but I understood why it was done so. (Like Dr. Watson for Sherlock)
To me, Hastings was really slow at catching on about what happened or how everything was deduced. He is quite a boring, dry character.
Nevertheless, this is a comfortable mystery read that had me laughing and rolling my eyes a few times.
I can't wait to continue my Agatha Christie obsession. ( )