About this story
The Belgian refugee in the village turns out to be a famous detective — small, precise, offended by disorder. Christie wrote it on her sister's dare, and started the century's biggest crime career on the first try. You investigate as Hastings, reliably one deduction behind and convinced you are one ahead.
Who you’ll meet
single figure
How it opens
The Front had sent you home wounded, and a convalescent institution had supplied months of airless respectability.
A month's sick leave now lay before you with no near relation waiting and no settled destination.
John CavendishCaptain, would a month at Styles suit you? My mother would be genuinely pleased to welcome you.
Choose
A quiet month in the country is exactly what I require.
Will your household remember an occasional boyhood guest?
I should be glad to see the old place again.