Set in the summer of 1917 in an Essex country estate, the story follows the war-wounded Captain Arthur Hastings to the Styles St. Mary manor of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John's widowed old aunt Emily, she of a …
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Set in the summer of 1917 in an Essex country estate, the story follows the war-wounded Captain Arthur Hastings to the Styles St. Mary manor of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John's widowed old aunt Emily, she of a sizeable fortune, to a suspicious younger man, Alfred Inglethorp, twenty years her junior. Emily's two stepsons, John and Lawrence Cavendish, as well as John's wife Mary and several other people, also live at Styles. Late one night, the residents of Styles wake to find Emily Inglethorp dying. When Emily's sudden heart attack is found to be attributable to strychnine, Hastings, who had runs into his old friend, the Belgian Hercule Poirot, he recruits him to aid in the local investigation. With impeccable timing, Hercule Poirot, the insightful retired detective, makes his dramatic entrance to solve a most baffling case.
Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorpe, and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects abound in the quaint village of Styles St. Mary--from the heiress's fawning new husband to her two stepsons, her volatile housekeeper, and a pretty nurse who works in a hospital dispensary. On the day she was killed, Emily Inglethorp was overheard arguing with someone, most likely her husband, Alfred, or her stepson, John. Afterwards, she seemed quite distressed and, apparently, made a new will--which no one can find. Nobody can explain how or when the strychnine was administered to Mrs. Inglethorp. High on Poirot's list of suspects are: John Cavendish, the elder stepson; Mary Cavendish, his wife; Lawrence Cavendish, the younger stepson; Evelyn Howard, Mrs. Inglethorpe's companion; Cynthia Murdoch, her protegee; and Dr. Bauerstein, a mysterious stranger who lives in Essex. All have motive and opportunity but only Poirot can discover the truth.
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258 pages
English language
Published Oct. 29, 2013 by Harper.
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O Misterioso Caso De Styles (The Mysterious Affair At Styles)
Hardcover
Portuguese language
Published Oct. 29, 1997 by Record De Servicos De Imprensa S.A..
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Paperback, 184 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 2007 by Book Jungle.
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- 192049606
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Paperback, 212 pages
Published April 27, 2021 by Blurb.
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The mysterious affair at Styles
293 pages
English language
Published Aug. 6, 2011 by Ulverscroft.
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Hardcover, 274 pages
Published May 4, 2016 by William Morrow & Company.
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The mysterious affair at Styles
375 pages
English language
Published Aug. 6, 2014 by Denton & White.
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- 961922967
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
hardcover, 150 pages
Published Oct. 3, 2014 by Ancient Wisdom Publications.
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
paperback, 100 pages
Published Feb. 12, 2018 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
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The mysterious affair at Styles
297 pages
English language
Published Oct. 29, 2001 by HarperCollins.
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El misterioso caso de Styles
Hardcover, 195 pages
Spanish language
Published Oct. 29, 2010 by RBA Coleccionables, S.A..
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Das fehlende Glied in der Kette.
Paperback, 222 pages
German language
Published Jan. 1, 2001 by Scherz.
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- 978-3-502-51783-2Copied ISBN!
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- 76198302
The mysterious affair at Styles
196 pages
English language
Published Aug. 5, 1991 by Berkley Books.
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Paperback, 116 pages
English language
Published July 1, 2018 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Paperback, 228 pages
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Published Feb. 7, 2018 by BHC Press/Signature.
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