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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
When Emily Inglethorpe is found fatally poisoned Captain Hastings, who is staying with the family, enlists the help of his old friend Hercule Poirot to solve this horrible murder. When the evidence points to afamily member it is up to Poirot, to find out who the real murderer is.Year: 1920
Detective: Hercule Poirot
Location: In a country house
Detective: Hercule Poirot
Location: In a country house
Cast of characters
Hercule Poirot, Captain Arthur Hastings, Chief Inspector Japp. Also: Dr. Bauerstein, The Cavendishs: John, Lawrence and Mary, Mr. Denby, Sir Ernest Heavyweather, Evelyn Howard, Alfred and Emily Agnes Inglethorpe, Manning, Cynthia Murdoch, Mrs. Raikes, Superintendent SummerhayePublishing history
Publishing: First published in 1920 by Bodley Head in London and New York. TV: Adapted for television in 1990 by LWT in Britain as part of the Poirot series, and also shown on PBS in the U.S.Notes and reviews
The novel was Agatha Christie's first published work, and the first appearance of Hercule Poirot. Written in 1916, but not published until years later, after six publishing houses had rejected it. The publisher, Bodley Head, held the manuscript for eighteen months before making its final decision.Murder methods:
One Poisoning.xxx