false <![CDATA[The Mysterious Affair at Styles]]> 16343 153 The heiress of Styles has been murdered, dying in agony from strychnine slipped into her coffee. And there are plenty who would gain from her death: the financially strapped stepson, the gold digging younger husband, and an embittered daughter-in-law. <P>Agatha Christie's eccentric and hugely popular detective, Hercule Poirot, was introduced to the world in this book, which launched her career as the most famous and best loved of all mystery writers. 3366260 book 1920 The Mysterious Affair at Styles total:3564|5:765|4:1357|3:1241|2:188|1:13| 3564 13365 4488 224 3 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 11:28:29 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 15:14:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 23:42:38 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 23:43:11 -0700 2009 1
The murder method in …Styles was based on old fashioned pharmacology. So old, in fact, that I almost had no b...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 07 07:33:44 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 07:34:59 -0700 2009
son second mari, Alfred Ingelthorp ;

ses beaux-enfants, maintenus dans sa dépendance financière ;

Cynthia, sa jeune protégée...
...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 13:42:55 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 13:43:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 08:48:54 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 16:47:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 16:14:29 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 09:06:42 -0700 2009 This famous mystery classic saw the debut of the great detective Hercule Poirot. Asked to investigate the suspicious murder of Mrs. Emily Inglethorp at Styles Court, Poirot, with a little help from Mr. Hastings, solves the case and gets his man.


After reading this great book, I couldn't help w...

more...]]> 5 1 true false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 22:59:09 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 21:20:40 -0700 2009 1 Agatha Christie's first novel. Having recently purchased an Amazon Kindle I decided to purchase The Mysterious Affair at Styles as my first eBook (actually my first eBook was Wil Wheaton...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 19 07:08:39 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 07:08:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 06:40:51 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 06:44:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 08:05:31 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 12:47:43 -0700 2009 This book is set during World War I and is about a detective, Hercule Poirot who steps o...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 14 09:43:24 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 03:52:28 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 09:43:24 -0800 2009 4 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 17:04:30 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 19:21:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 14:06:06 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 17:27:31 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 19:52:10 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 19:59:20 -0800 2009 1
Though I must say, Hastings was a little bit annoying in this one...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 15:19:57 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 18:34:05 -0700 2009 *
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I'm fascinated by the mystery genre,...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 15:20:35 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 08 08:30:22 -0700 2009
This book introduced the Engl...more...]]> 3 0 true false Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 06:35:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 16:10:03 -0700 2008 Christie books. Good coincidence that it was also the first Poirot novel.

Very easy to read, full of plot twists such that the murderer is not really uncovered (re-uncovered) until the end. I can see why Hercule P...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Apr 10 05:52:03 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 16 05:49:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 14:43:22 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 14:57:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Feb 12 08:50:25 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 15 06:20:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=16343