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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles Compact disc - 2010

by Agatha Christie; Read by Full Cast; Read by John Moffatt

From the publisher

It is 1916. Captain Hastings has been invalided out of World War I and goes to convalesce at Styles Court, the family home of his great friend, John Cavendish. By an extraordinary coincidence, billeted in the village is a brilliant little retired detective with an egg-shaped head, who made a considerable impression on the Captain when he was in Belgium. Styles are not a happy household and in the blistering summer heat, tensions mount. Even so, the tragic murder which occurs is not expected. The entire family is drawn into the case but with their reluctant permission, Hastings calls upon the services of the diminutive Belgian. Thus begins one of the great partnerships and friendships in the history of crime. Fragments of a burnt will, a false black beard, and an empty packet of bromide powders--such are the seemingly unrelated details surrounding the murder. With a thoroughness that is to become legendary, Poirot commences his first investigation in England. John Moffatt stars as Hercule Poirot, Simon Williams as Captain Hastings, and Philip Jackson as Detective Inspector Japp, who already has reason to be indebted to the distinguished and unique hero of so many mysteries.

2 CDs. 2 hrs 30 mins.

Details

  • Title The Mysterious Affair at Styles
  • Author Agatha Christie; Read by Full Cast; Read by John Moffatt
  • Binding Compact Disc
  • Edition Unabridged
  • Pages 1
  • Volumes 2
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher BBC Books
  • Date 2010-06
  • ISBN 9780563510314 / 0563510315
  • Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
  • Dimensions 4.9 x 5.6 x 0.4 in (12.45 x 14.22 x 1.02 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Agatha Christie was born in 1890. During the World War I she worked as a hospital dispenser, where she gleaned the working knowledge of various poisons. Her first novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published in 1920, followed over the next six years by four more detective novels and a short story collection. However, it was not until the publication of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd that Agatha Christie's reputation was firmly established. In 1930 the sharp-witted spinster sleuth Miss Marple made her first appearance in Murder at the Vicarage. In all, Agatha Christie published 80 crime novels and short story collections. As her play The Mousetrap (the longest-running play in the history of the theater) testifies, Agatha Christie's detective stories are likely to appeal for a long time to come. Agatha Christie was awarded a CBE in 1956 and was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1971. She died in 1976.

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