The Mysterious Affair at Styles
An old lady dies convulsing behind a bolted bedroom door, midway between a new will and a new husband. 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.
Read The Mysterious Affair at StylesChapters
- Leave at Styles St MaryLondon and Essex
- Tea Under the SycamoreThe Lawn
- Evelyn's WarningThe Smoking Room
- July SixteenthThe Village Hall
- The DispensaryTadminster Hospital
- The Belgian in the VillageStyles St Mary
- Coffee in the TwilightThe Drawing Room
- The Bell Before DawnThe Upper Gallery
- Two Locked RoomsStyles Court at Dawn
- Six Points in the BedroomEmily's Room
- Ashes and BegoniasThe Boudoir
- Cocoa on the Swing-Door TableThe Servants' Evidence
- Five Cups and No SugarThe Drawing Room
- The Will in the Purple CaseJohn's Study
- The Forced LockThe Right Wing
- The Inquest at the Stylites ArmsThe Village Inn
- The Name in the Poison RegisterThe Inquest
- An Alibi Too LateThe Styles Drawing Room
- The Table Beyond the Baize DoorThe Left Wing
- The Beard in the AtticThe Front Attic
- Find the Extra Coffee-CupThe Rose Garden and Woods
- Four Miles from the CoastThe Styles Morning Room
- Three Finger-MarksLeastways Cottage
- John Cavendish Is TakenStyles Court and London
- The Crown's NetThe Old Bailey
- Winter UnderclothesThe Old Bailey
- The Note to Marston's SpinneyThe Old Bailey and Kensington
- The Drawing-Room AssemblyThe Kensington Drawing Room
- Bromide at the BottomThe Kensington Drawing Room
- The Spills in the Mantel VaseThe Kensington Library