# The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by [Agatha Christie](https://localbooks.app/authors/agatha-christie)

- Genres: [Gialli classici e camera chiusa](https://localbooks.app/genres/mystery/traditional-and-locked-room), [Investigatori privati](https://localbooks.app/genres/mystery/private-investigator)
- Set in: [Styles St Mary, Inghilterra, Regno Unito](https://localbooks.app/places/gb/england/styles-st-mary) (fictional)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1920
- Pages: 204

## Description

Wartime England: at a country house in Essex, the wealthy Mrs. Inglethorp dies of poison behind a locked door. A Belgian refugee who happens to be staying in the village, Hercule Poirot, makes his first appearance.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL472715W)
- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The%20Mysterious%20Affair%20at%20Styles)

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