The Mysterious Affair at StylesWhen an aging heiress is found fatally poisoned, the amazing Hercule Poirot, brilliant Belgian criminal investigator, is brought out of retirement to solve the case. In this classic tale of murder, jealousy and greed, Agatha Christie introduced the famed sleuth, who is immediately confronted by mysteries within a mystery - a door bolted from the inside of the victim's room; the disappearance of a coffee cup believed to have held the poison, the charred remains of a will, a strange fragment of fabric and a curious rug stain found near the body. All are puzzling pieces of evidence in a crime for which there is no shortage of suspects, not the least of which are the victim's philandering husband, an assortment of unhappy relatives and an extremely outspoken hired companion! |
Contents
Go to Styles | 1 |
The 16th and 17th of July | 11 |
The Night of the Tragedy | 18 |
Poirot Investigates | 24 |
It Isnt Strychnine Is It? | 41 |
The Inquest | 62 |
Poirot Pays His Debts | 73 |
Fresh Suspicions | 83 |
Dr Bauerstein | 96 |
The Arrest | 107 |
The Case for the Prosecution | 120 |
The Last Link | 135 |
Poirot Explains | 143 |
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