The Mysterious Affair at Styles: The first Hercule Poirot novel

Celebrating 100 years of Agatha Christie stories, The Mysterious Affair at Styles is Hercule Poirot’s first case, performed on audio by Captain Hastings actor Hugh Fraser. ‘Beware! Peril to the detective who says: “It is so small – it does not matter…” Everything matters.’ After the Great War, life can never be the same again. Wounds need healing, and the horror of violent death banished into memory. Captain Arthur Hastings is invited to the rolling country estate of Styles to recuperate from injuries sustained at the Front. It is the last place he expects to encounter murder. Fortunately he knows a former detective, a Belgian refugee, who has grown bored of retirement… ‘Agatha Christie is the gateway drug to crime fiction thanks to her storytelling skills. Just one book is never enough…’ VAL McDERMID ‘What a writer. A hundred years after her first novel, and we are all still standing in her shadow.’ ANDREW TAYLOR ‘Agatha Christie must surely be the most imitated author in the entire canon of literature – what greater acclaim could there be?’ PETER JAMES The Mysterious Affair at Styles, a traditional mystery thriller, showcases Agatha Christie's storytelling skills, making her the classic Sunday Times bestselling author. The amateur sleuth, Hercule Poirot, with his military background, unravels the best of mysteries, making every detail matter. For fans of Freida Mcfadden (The Tenant), Richard Osman (We Solve Murders), Joanna Booth (The Secret of Chimneys), Anthony Horowitz (Marble Hall Murders), and M. C. Beaton (Agatha Raisin).