The Mysterious Affair at Styles: Poirot's First Case

by Agatha Christie

Overview

"My very first grown-up book, I distinctly remember going to the library and my mom helping me pick out an Agatha Christie book. I tore through The Mysterious Affair at Styles. GILLIAN FLYNN, author of Gone Girl

"[Agatha Christie wrote] brilliantly compact, stylized and efficient mysteries...the genre in its lean classic English form fit her like a cat burglar's thin black glove." JOHN UPDIKE, author of The Witches of Eastwick

"I love Agatha Christie's novels." TRUMAN CAPOTE, author of In Cold Blood

"I really like Agatha Christie. She obeys the rules of the genre at first, but then occasionally she manages to do very personal things." MICHEL HOULLEBECQ, author of The Map and the Territory

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780692513118
Publisher:	Sugar Skull Press
Publication date:	08/15/2015
Series:	Hercule Poirot Series
Pages:	218
Sales rank:	1,343,282
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.46(d)

About the Author

Agatha Christie (1890-1976) wrote over 70 books and 150 short stories, as well as numerous works for the stage, screen, and television. The creator of classic characters, such as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, she remains the world's bestselling novelist -- with over two billion books sold in 103 languages.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1890

Date of Death:

January 12, 1976

Place of Birth:

Torquay, Devon, England

Education:

Home schooling

Website:

http://www.agathachristie.com

Editorial Reviews

Though this may be the first public book of Miss Agatha Christie, she betrays the cunning of an old hand. . . . You may safely make a wager with yourself that until you have heard M. Poirot's final word on the mysterious affair at Styles, you will be kept guessing at its full solution and will certainly never lay down this most entertaining book. -- Books of the Century; New York Times review, December 1920

The New York Times