Which crime writer’s first published novel is entitled ‘The Mysterious Affair at Styles’?
The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie. It was written in the middle of the First World War, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 and in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head (John Lane's UK company) on 21 January 1921. "Styles" was Christie's first published novel. It introduced Hercule Poirot, Inspector (later, Chief Inspector) Japp, and Arthur Hastings. Poirot, a Belgian refugee of the Great War, is settling in England near the home of Emily Inglethorp, who helped
The Mysterious Affair at Styles was first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 and was not published in the UK by The Bodley Head until the following year. "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" later made publishing history by being one of the first ten books to be published by Penguin Books when they were launched on 30 July 1935. The book was Penguin Number 6. The blurb on the inside flap of the dustwrapper of the first edition reads: This novel was originally written as the result of a bet, that the author, who had previously never written a book,