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Agatha Christie
English author of detective fiction, creator of Hercule Poirot.
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Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was an English writer of detective fiction. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was published in 1920 and introduced the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie's 1920 debut novel and the first appearance of Hercule Poirot. During the First World War, Emily Inglethorp is found fatally poisoned at Styles Court; Captain Hastings, a guest in the house, calls on his old friend, the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, to establish who was responsible.
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Mystery · 1920-01-01
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- United Kingdom
- Genres
- Mystery, Detective fiction
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