The Mysterious Affair at Styles

An English country estate, a gold-digging husband (or is he?) and poison all add up to Agatha Christie’s first Hercule Poirot mystery, written in 1920. If you enjoy cuddling up to a nice, cozy, warm little murder, this is the place to start. In this debut of Poirot’s illustrious career, we meet his favorite sidekick, Captain Arthur Hastings, and are introduced to Poirot’s odd methods of detection, which include (according to Hastings, anyway) too much sitting about nursing his “little grey cells” and not enough action. But as it turns out, there is action enough for everyone, as well as clever plot twists and eccentric characters. This will be a treat for mystery and Christie fans everywhere.