Blurb: A country house
A murder
A Belgian detective
After the Great War, life can never be the same again.
Captain Arthur Hastings is invited to 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 happens to be staying nearby . . .
Here, for the first time, meet Agatha Christie's legendary creation: Hercule Poirot.
Review: When I first find a new author I'm truly captivated. Getting into Agatha Christie now has been an enlightening experience I thank the authors who wrote their own stories in Marple. For they paved the way for my curiosity and this is the second Agatha Christie book I've read and I'm so excited for what's to come. I can now see why David Suchet is the perfect Poirot he pores off the pages in spades.
This is the start of the legendary Poirot and what a tale this is. So much intrigue and mystery and just when you think you have the murderer sussed bam there's another twist that keeps you firmly on your toes. I loved every single second of this story. I also really enjoyed the fact that my copy had the original unpublished ending and the actual ending. This was enlightening and just shows how publishers can have such an influence on what is actually published.
As I've already said getting into an author with such a huge catalogue of work is always a bookworms dream and this experience has had me hooked. This was the last physical book I had read whilst I was awaiting my new lenses. I'm torn as to whether to read the second Tommy and Tuppence next or The Big Four which I believe is a collection of short stories. In saying that I cannot wait to see what else Poirot gets up to following his first instalment I'm most definitely a fan. Do let me know where I should go next? And if I already have it I'll dive in.
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