The Mysterious Affair At Styles (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)

<p>The eccentric Poirot steps out of retirement to find the killer in this story about the murder of a wealthy heiress, Mrs. Inglethorp, the mistress of Styles Court, and a magnificent English manor house. She dies from strychnine poisoning and Poirot methodically makes his way through the list of suspects, dodging red herrings along the way.</p><h3>New York Times Book Review</h3><p>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. -- <i>Books of the Century; New York Times</i> review, December 1920</p>