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The Mysterious Affair at Styles A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

Agatha Christie

One morning at Styles Court, an Essex country manor, the elderly owner is found dead of strychnine poisoning. Arthur Hastings, a soldier staying there on sick leave from the Western Front, ventures out to the nearby village of Styles St. Mary to ask help from his friend Hercule Poirot, an eccentric...

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Stuff You Should Know

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Stuff You Should Know

One of Agatha Christie's first published works, it was said to be a great read that sucks you right in from the start. It also introduced the world to the detective Hercule Poirot.

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I started reading the mysterious affair at styles, which I think was her first published work, um, last night. And it's just great. She just sucks you right in.

— Episode: Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mys...

Episode: Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery

One of Agatha Christie's first published works, it was said to be a great read that sucks you right in from the start. It also introduced the world to the detective Hercule Poirot.

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I started reading the mysterious affair at styles, which I think was her first published work, um, last night. And it's just great. She just sucks you right in.

And it was her first serious work that wasn't published immediately. It wasn't published until 1920.

And this is the one that introduced the world to her chief detective for a lot of those novels, uh, Mr. Poirot, like we mentioned.

it, it pulls you right into this little country, English estate and all of the people on it. And you realize just after a couple of pages that you're already invested in them, which is pretty amazing.

Episode: Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery

It was described as a truly remarkable first published book that was able to quickly engage the reader, introducing the well-known detective, Hercule Poirot.

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I started reading the mysterious affair at styles, which I think was her first published work, um, last night. And it's just great. She just sucks you right in.

And this is the one that introduced the world to her chief detective for a lot of those novels, uh, Mr. Poirot, like we mentioned.

Um, in that it, it pulls you right into this little country, English estate and all of the people on it. And you realize just after a couple of pages that you're already invested in them, which is pretty amazing.

Episode: Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery

It was mentioned as Agatha Christie's first published work, and was praised for its ability to quickly draw readers into the story and characters.

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I started reading the mysterious affair at styles, which I think was her first published work, um, last night. And it's just great. She just sucks you right in.

in between the time she wrote snow upon the desert and the mysterious affair at styles, which would be her first published book, I believe she, um, wedged a lot of life in there

And it was published until 1920. Um, and I think even after it was published, it wasn't an immediate catapult to success for her, but it was a, it was a remarkable first book to be published.

And this is the one that introduced the world to her chief detective for a lot of those novels, uh, Mr. Poirot, like we mentioned.

Episode: Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery

Josh Clark began reading this book, which is Agatha Christie's first published work, and mentioned being immediately drawn into the story and its characters.

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I started reading the mysterious affair at styles, which I think was her first published work, um, last night. And it's just great. She just sucks you right in.

it's a really interesting book just right out of the gate. Um, in that it, it pulls you right into this little country, English estate and all of the people on it. And you realize just after a couple of pages that you're already invested in them, which is pretty amazing.

And this is like not her first book, but it was her first serious work that wasn't published immediately.

The Rest Is History

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The Rest Is History

They stated that Christie's first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was first published in America in 1920 and then in Britain in 1921.

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Her first book Mysterious Affair at Stars 1920 in America and then published in 1921 in Britain.

— Episode: 185. Agatha Christie

Episode: 185. Agatha Christie

They stated that Christie's first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was first published in America in 1920 and then in Britain in 1921.

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Her first book Mysterious Affair at Stars 1920 in America and then published in 1921 in Britain.

Criminal

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Criminal

The host highlighted the book as Agatha Christie’s first published novel and her personal favorite, noting that it introduced the iconic detective Hercule Poirot. It was read aloud chapter by chapter on the show, and praised for its clever, almost too‑ingenious plot. Listeners were reminded that the story has been celebrated since its 1920 publication for its inventive murder mystery.

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Episode: Iceland Noir

Agatha Christie was a favorite author of the Prime Minister, who also mentioned reading classic authors like Arthur Conan Doyle and Raymond Chandler.

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I've also read books like Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Mysterious Affair at Stiles by Agatha Christie.

Episode: Phoebe Reads a Mystery

It was Agatha Christie's first published novel, and it was read aloud chapter by chapter on the podcast, with the narrator sharing details about the setting and characters.

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I started reading Agatha Christie's first published novel, The Mysterious Affair at Stiles, and I thought maybe I could read it to you.

So here we go. The Mysterious Affair at Stiles by Agatha Christie, chapter one, I go to Stiles.

The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as the Stiles case has now somewhat subsided.

Lots of nonsense written though. Criminal discovered in last chapter, everyone dumbfounded, real crime, you'd know at once.

Not in a case of poisoning, Mrs. Cavendish's clear voice startled me. Dr. Bowerstein was saying yesterday that, owing to the general ignorance of the more uncommon poisons among the medical profession, there were probably countless cases of poisoning quite unsuspected.

Episode: The Gatekeeper

It was discussed as her favorite Agatha Christie novel, introducing the world to Hercule Poirot. It was praised for its ingenuity in solving a murder mystery.

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Her favorite Christie is the first, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published in 1920.

It's about a murdered heiress, and it introduced the world to a private detective with a very famous mustache, Hercule Poirot.

The Times Literary Supplement wrote, the only fault this story has is that it's almost too ingenious.

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