The Mysterious Affair At Styles

A locked room. A shattered estate. A murder no one saw coming.

When the wealthy Emily Inglethorp is poisoned at her country manor, suspicion falls on everyone under the roof of Styles Court. The doors were locked. The windows sealed. Yet the killer vanished without a trace.

Enter Hercule Poirot, a brilliant Belgian detective with a sharp eye and sharper mind. Recently retired and far from the spotlight, Poirot is drawn back into the hunt to uncover the truth hidden among lies, jealousy and greed.

As secrets unravel and clues point in every direction, Poirot must use his signature method — order and logic — to solve a case that will make his name known across England.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles is Agatha Christie’s first novel and the debut of Hercule Poirot. Clever, classic and full of red herrings, this is the book that launched the queen of crime fiction into literary history.