I was engaged throughout and sped through the book as I was totally hooked and desperate to find out the solution to the mystery. The mystery to be solved in this Poirot instalment is a classic Christie, with a country house, questions over inheritance and, of course, poisoning. The dynamic of the pair is very much reminiscent of Holmes and Watson and, much like in the Sherlock Holmes stories, we see the mystery from the perspective of Hastings, the Watson of the duo. Hastings appears in several, though not all, of the Poirot novels. This, it turns out, was an excellent choice.Īlthough it is possible to dip in and out of Christie’s books, I’m very glad I chose to read the first, as it provided a good introduction to the characters of Poirot and Hastings. The Mysterious Affair at Styles is both Christie’s first published novel and the first Poirot book. This time, I decided to go back to the very beginning and see where it all started. I have previously read four of Christie’s novels – a rather random selection. There is just something about Agatha Christie’s stories which always manage to keep me hooked from beginning to end, and The Mysterious Affair at Styles did this superbly.
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