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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agatha Christie, Anna Lea
Agatha Christie really is the queen of the classic whodunnit closed room stories and The Mysterious Affair at Styles takes us back to where she began, her first novel ever published. Originally written in 1916 and published in 1920, this book introduces the ever quirky and inimitable Hercule Poirot, retired Belgian detective.
I must admit I’ve kinda gotta be in a mood to read Agatha Christie. The whodunnit style of writing is a particular genre that requires detailed attention to characters, plot and events. I have only read a few of her stories, all involving Poirot and I was keen to actually go right back to the beginning and to read this very first novel.
Truth be told it is probably the most enjoyable that I’ve read thus far, although I did find the resolution of the crime a little convoluted and took a fair amount of energy to work through all the details. Nevertheless, it is a most ingenious tale and Christie is phenomenal in her attention to detail and the way she brings the whole story together, even if Poirot does seem to draw some amazing conclusions from some very tenuous clues.
I must admit I’ve kinda gotta be in a mood to read Agatha Christie. The whodunnit style of writing is a particular genre that requires detailed attention to characters, plot and events. I have only read a few of her stories, all involving Poirot and I was keen to actually go right back to the beginning and to read this very first novel.
Truth be told it is probably the most enjoyable that I’ve read thus far, although I did find the resolution of the crime a little convoluted and took a fair amount of energy to work through all the details. Nevertheless, it is a most ingenious tale and Christie is phenomenal in her attention to detail and the way she brings the whole story together, even if Poirot does seem to draw some amazing conclusions from some very tenuous clues.