Review: THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES by Agatha.Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things.Not her sort of occasion, at least later in life, and perhaps not really her class. The country-house-party murder is a stereotype in the detective-story genre, which Christie makes no great use of. Guest Review: THE ODD WOMEN by George Gissing In general The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a considerable achievement for a first-off author.But the book version of Poirot is even more awesome than the screen version! He's more bouncy and quirky and snarky. I happen to love the TV show with David Suchet, and it's impossible not to picture him as Poirot while reading. he had visited for his very first case (The mysterious affair at Styles). I had no idea that Agatha Christie's first novel also introduced Hercule Poirot to the world until I read Memory's review of The Mysterious Affair at Styles at Stella Matutina. David Suchet prepared his role as meticulously as Poirot himself handled his. So that was poor planning on the killer's part. John's mother-in-law is poisoned! But who did it? Her new husband, whom everyone hates? One of her stepsons? Or one of her desperate dependents? Fortunately, Hastings' friend, Monsieur Hercule Poirot, just happens to be staying in the nearby village and just happens to be the world's greatest detective. Hastings is mooching on his friend John Cavendish by staying in his mother-in-law's house, Styles, for a reeeeally long time.
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