The Mysterious Affair at Styles With linked Table of Contents edition by Agatha Christie Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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This is the book that introduced the world to Hercule Poirot. This intricate novel revolutionized the mystery form and helped launch Agatha Christie's illustrious career.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles With linked Table of Contents edition by Agatha Christie Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
Just a word of caution if it matters to anyone, but this publication is presented in a book that is as big as a notebook (like 8.5x11). It's also missing diagrams that are mentioned in the book. If I somehow missed the measurements then that's on me...but I never thought I had to think about it.Product details
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles With linked Table of Contents edition by Agatha Christie Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
Peril at End House, the eighth book in the Hercule Poirot cozy mystery series, was selected as the next book to read in the April 2018 Agatha Christie Readathon that I'm hosting on my blog at This Is My Truth Now. Four weeks of books from all her different series and lots of fun with her canon. I'm really glad this book won the poll as I hadn't read it before. And who wouldn't love a book with a title containing the words 'peril' and 'end' ?
Poirot has never been more sarcastic and witty than in this book. It's charming but at the same time, if he said the things to me that he says to his sidekick, I'm not sure I'd turn the other cheek so quickly. But it makes his complex personality all the more interesting and readable! It's always amusing to see how he falls into the capers he investigates... in this one, he stumbles upon a woman who thinks she's just been hit with a tiny piece of falling debris, but it's a bullet. Then he learns someone is trying to kill her -- unsuccessfully three times prior to this experience. Who has that kind of luck? Both the victim for surviving all the attempts and the villain for not succeeding.
The cast is a great size in this mystery. There are a number of servants, guests and friends in the house where main character, Nick, a woman with little remaining family, is trying to find her way. In typical Christie fashion, the suspicion is cast on everyone from Nick's suitors to her cousin, her best friend to her lawyer. Or is there a team of killers? It gets more complex as we learn she was set to inherit more money than even she'd known about; now there's a motivation to kill, Poirot thinks. What if it's not about the money you currently have, but the money you're set to get... so let's kill off a few people in a row and make that chain happen more quickly. I'm not giving away any spoilers here, this is discussed fairly early on in the novel. But knowing that makes the details even more delicious. So does the different types of romance happening in the book, as well as the visit from the Australian couple who seem to know something more than they are letting on! So many wonderful little nuggets in this 100-year-old detective wonder. It's a bit sad, too, when you see what happens at the end. People are complicated and really need guidance in life, and it was interesting to see how Poirot can fill that role sometimes.
My only slight concern with this one and why I give it a ~4 is that the ending was a little confusing at the same time as open to a bit of interpretation. I can't say more than that without giving thigns away--and it's still a strong mystery--but I like my Poirot answers to be more concrete. He always leaves a few dangling threads but I was afraid if I pulled too hard on this one, I'd be left with a rather stringy garment, and who wants that? All in all, I'm really happy with this one. Descriptions are spot on and witty. I felt like I was at the house. The fireworks made it more spooky. The mysterious cousin who was really never intended to be there makes things even more interesting, especially when you learn some interesting facts about this family and their history.
My favorite part was the list of suspects draw out in the book like a chart... really pulls it together, but also helps readers decide for themselves whodunit?!?! I may have to re-read them all this summer when I have a bit more time! Thanks to everyone participating on the blog with this Readathon!
Just a word of warning to read the reviews before purchasing this. I bought the paperback version and there are a number of issues with it. Other versions may not have the same issues.
-First of all the cover art looks as though they took a jpg version of the original cover art and expanded it and it looks very shoddy and pixelated.
-The binding misspelled Agatha Christie's name and shows 'Agatha Christe' as well as the title of the book as 'Mysterious affair at styles' Capitalizing only the word 'mysterious' with the rest of the words uncapitalized. Despite the name of the book being 'The Mysterious Affair At Styles' the word 'the' is, for some reason, left out.
- There are no page numbers
-All of the text in the book is center aligned which is kind of awkward to look at or read and can cause some confusion as to where paragraphs begin and end.
-The illustrations that are supposed to be included in the book are not here. They are somewhat essential to the experience of reading the book so just for that, I recommend finding a different version.
Other than these issues, this is the book it claims to be and you can read it. The book itself is great and I would highly recommend it, just not this version of it. If you are looking for an affordable copy and don't care too much about the rest then I guess this is fine.
This is the second Hercule Poirot book that I have read, and-actually-the first that Agatha Christie wrote. I love Hercule Poirot's thoughtful way of approaching "suspects" and the simple way that he seems to make hypothesis and prove and disprove his "little ideas" through questioning and common sense. In both stories I have read so far, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and The Halloween Party, there is another character trying to piece together the evidence and come up with a solution. Poirot leads them step by step, but neither is able to come up with the correct solution. I felt a little more confident with my ability in the Halloween Party than I did with Affair at Styles. I went down all kinds of garden paths on this one. Christie's writing style is very readable, and her sense of humor is marvelous. I can't wait to read more of her Poirot books. I think I am going to take notes on the next one I read, and see how many suspects I can prove or disprove!
First I would like to say the this book, like all of Christie's work, is phenomenal. I debated for a long time as to how to rate this book. My reason for rating this only 1 star is to warn other potential readers that this version has some major flaws. There are at least a dozen times where sentences are repeated, which in and of itself is not so bad. However, there are just as many if not more times where all or most of a sentence is missing. It's very confusing to come across a random word or to have a detail referred to, only to go back and discover that original detail is not there. I am sure there will be folks who are ticked off by this review but if I had known this before purchasing I would have looked for a different version.
My comments are not about the novel, but about this edition....the diagrams and pictures which are apparently critical to solving the puzzle are missing. I am only 25% of the way in, but have already missed 4 drawings - 2 diagrams of the layout, a picture of a clue fragment, etc., which Christie felt were important to include. I peeked at the end to see if they were there, and there is a photo of Christie and other info, but not the missing clues. I'd recommend trying one of the other editions.
Just a word of caution if it matters to anyone, but this publication is presented in a book that is as big as a notebook (like 8.5x11). It's also missing diagrams that are mentioned in the book. If I somehow missed the measurements then that's on me...but I never thought I had to think about it.
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