REVIEW: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie)

Book: The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Author: Agatha Christie

My rating: 4/5.

Premise: Captain Arthur Hastings is invited to the rolling country estate of Styles to recuperate from injuries sustained at the Front. It is the last place he expects to encounter murder. Fortunately he knows a former detective, a Belgian refugee, who has grown bored of retirement

This is Agatha Christie's first novel and the first Poirot story. And my god, I can see why she became a hit! This is your classic murder mystery in a fancy, upper class house. I was fooled by Christie, not knowing who the murderer was until it was actually revealed. There were lots of clever details and some good red herrings. A really cracking read!