Dover Mystery Classics: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Paperback)

from tjsjohanna

Agatha Christie is one of the masters of the "cozy" mystery. What was most amusing about this novel was the way the narrator of the story vacillated between admiration for Poirot and condescension ...

from SlySionnach

So, I'm a forensic scientist (in DNA but still, the whole Solving Crime thing applies). This book had me thinking in the right direction, then changing my mind, then eventually figuring out what I ...

from MickyFine

Invalided home from the Great War, Arthur Hastings is pleased to bump into his old friend, John Cavendish, and be invited to spend time at Cavendish's family estate, Styles. In a happy coincidence,...

from nmhale

The first book Agatha Christie published was also her first Hercule Poirot mystery, my favorite of all her detectives. Captain Alfred Hastings narrates the story, and he also is a familiar figure i...

from humouress

Apparently, Agatha Christie - who had never written a book before - wrote this book in response to a complaint that there were no crime novels where all the facts were known to the reader, as well ...