The Murder at the Vicarage & The Mysterious Affair at Styles (The First Miss Marple Mystery -and- The First Hercule Poirot Mystery) (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)

<br><br>Enjoy the first novels that brought the world two of Agatha Christie's most enduring detectives: Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot<br><br>The Murder at the Vicarage -- [Read by Joan Hickson] -- The first Miss Marple mystery, one which tests all her powers of observation and deduction<br><br> ''Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe,'' declared the parson, brandishing a carving knife above a joint of roast beef, ''would be doing the world at large a favor!''<br><br>It was a careless remark for a man of the cloth and one which was to come back and haunt the clergyman just a few hours later -- when the colonel is found shot dead in the clergyman's study. But as Miss Marple soon discovers, the whole village seems to have had a motive to kill Colonel Protheroe.<br><br>The Mysterious Affair at Styles -- [Read by Hugh Fraser] -- This is the Agatha Christie book that started it all -- the sublime introduction of her master sleuth, Hercule Poirot, and his now legendary powers of detection.<br><br>Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorp and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects abound in the quaint village of Styles St. Mary -- from the heiress' fawning new husband to her two stepsons, her volatile housekeeper, and a pretty nurse who works in a hospital dispensary. Making his unforgettable debut, the brilliant Belgian detective is on the case.<br><br>