![]() Hastings is friends with John and has arrived at the estate for a few weeks of R&R. Her stepsons, John and Lawrence Cavendish, live with her and hate her new husband. We have the usual setting of such stories: the lady had just remarried to Alfred Inglethorp who is twenty years her junior. Set in a rich country house in Essex during WWI, old Emily Inglethorp dies in her room from strychnine poisoning. ![]() The Mysterious Affair At Styles is the first book with Hercule Poirot as a detective. It’s been years since I’ve last read a book by her and I’d never read one featuring Hercule Poirot in the original and what a delight it was. I guess that Agatha Christie was the next step. In primary school I read a lot of Famous Five, Nancy Drew or Fantômette. I’ve always been fond of detective stories. I borrowed her books in French at the library and they were all in the collection Le Masque. I have fond memories of binge reading Agatha Christie when I was thirteen. When I heard again about the #1920Club hosted by Simon, I decided to read The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie. French title: La mystérieuse affaire de Styles. ![]() ![]() The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie (1920). ![]()
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