![]() ![]() ![]() Her presence had spelt security now the air seemed rife with suspicion and impending evil.Ī shattered coffee cup, a splash of candle grease, a bed of begonias… all Poirot required to display his now legendary powers of detection. Styles: The Mysterious Affair at Styles and Curtain: Poirots Last Case. And with her, something indefinable had gone from the atmosphere. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. Evelyn, constant companion to old Mrs Inglethorp, had stormed out of the house muttering something about ‘a lot of sharks’. Recently, there had been some strange goings on at Styles St Mary. Published by HarperCollins Publishers, London, 2012. With impeccable timing Hercule Poirot, the renowned Belgian detective, makes his dramatic entrance on to the English crime stage. Facsimile of the 1921 Collins Crime Club edition published as part of the Agatha. The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Poirot) by Christie, Agatha and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at .uk. ![]()
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