The Mysterious Affair at Styles: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Warbler Classics): 1

There are so much printing errors in the book and font size is so small that it impairs your reading experience.

Me encantó la historia y la portada del libro esta editorial tiene muy lindas portadas. Buena impresión y tamaño de letra :)

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie is a joy to read if you love mysteries. The fact that this is Christie's first novel out of the 80 she wrote has left me in awe of her. The character of Hercule Poirot is original and unique considering the book was published in 1920.The story is a perfect mystery with a locked room, many suspects and twisty reveals. Our narrator, Hastings, is visiting the once majestic manor, Styles Court, home to his friend John Cavendish while he is recuperating from a wound suffered in WWI. During the early hours of the morning John's mother suffers convulsions and dies. It is concluded that she was poisoned.Hastings, who considers himself an amateur sleuth, contacts his friend retired Inspector Hercule Poirot to help solve the case. Once Poirot enters the picture we know we are in for a fun time of sleuthing and misleads.I am a huge fan of 1800s and early 1900s classic English novels. This book is a prime example why they are my guilty pleasure. Christie's descriptive prose paints a perfect scene. It is like watching a book instead of reading it. Then there is the overall politeness of the language. Even during arguments, trial litigation, and threats never is a bad word said and titles are always used as a courtesy. It is pure posh English and I am so here for it!The genius of Hercule Poirot is a testament to Christie's creativity. I clearly see his influence in other detectives that followed him from Sam Spade to Columbo.I had such fun reading this mystery. I changed my mind several times on who was guilty. I screamed of course when the real culprit came to light. If you enjoy a good crime novel treat yourself to this classic who-dun-it!

Good read. Great addition to Dad's collection of Agatha Christie books.

Book starts on page 5. The first four pages are missing. Just opened the book unsure, if any additional pages are missing. Will update of there are.Maybe I can find the first bit online somewhere? So annoying for anyone who buys it to be unsure if the entire book will be there. Not entirely sure how this is an issue in the first place

Not a review of the story itself but while reading I have several pages that are not at all bound. I'll turn to a new page only to have it come out of the book entirely. Thankfully I haven't come across any missing pages yet but it is a disappointment that the book seems rather poorly bound.