The Mysterious Affair at Styles (annotated): Hercule Poirot's First Case (The Golden Age of Detective Fiction)

This is Book 1 of The Golden Age of Detective Fiction series.<br/>It is also the first-ever book published by Agatha Christie and here we meet Hercule Poirot. He is a Belgian refugee from World War 1 and he is settling into his new life near his friend, Emily Inglethorp, who helped him come to Britain. When she is killed, Poirot sets out to solve her murder. We also meet other regulars like Inspector Japp and Poirot's good friend, Arthur Hastings.<br/>This Fortis Publishing Modern Look Classic has been entirely modernised with regard to cover design, internal layout and updated punctuation, without changing one word of the story. We feel that classic novels don't have to look old in order for us to enjoy them and we hope you love reading this tremendous classic as much as we did.<br/><br/>The Golden Age of Detective Fiction was an era of classic murder mystery novels of similar patterns and styles, predominantly in the 1920s and 1930s. This was the time that the murder mystery truly evolved from the pulp fiction detective novels of its earlier days into the sophisticated genre we love and enjoy today. Most of the authors of the Golden Age were British and, except for Agatha Christie, they have not enjoyed lasting fame even though many of them were better writers than Dame Christie. With this series, we bring you a collection of some of the finest mystery writing from the earliest days of the genre and we hope you enjoy reading this collection as much as we have enjoyed curating it.