The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a fun, action-packed read that portrays the potency of reason and shows its value as a tool for understanding reality and discovering truth.
New York: John Lane, 1920
208pp, $10.95 (Warbler Classics paperback)
Agatha Christie’s writing career began with a bet. At the height of World War I, while Christie was working at a hospital dispensary, her sister Madge claimed that Christie would not be able to write a murder mystery novel in which the reader is given the same clues as the detective but …
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