![]() The true first publication of the novel was as a weekly serial in The Times, including the maps of the house and other illustrations included in the book. The book includes maps of the house, the murder scene, and a drawing of a fragment of a will. When Mrs Inglethorp is murdered, Poirot uses his detective skills to solve the mystery. His friend Hastings arrives as a guest at her home. Poirot, a Belgian refugee of the Great War, is settling in England near the home of Emily Inglethorp, who helped him to his new life. It introduced Hercule Poirot, Inspector (later, Chief Inspector) Japp, and Arthur Hastings. Styles was Christie’s first published novel. The book is the first of thirty-three full-length novels featuring her detective Hercule Poirot. The US edition retailed at $2.00 and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6). It was written in the middle of the First World War, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 and in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head (John Lane’s UK company) on 21 January 1921. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie. ![]()
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