The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the debut of Christie's beloved sleuth, Hercule Poirot, as he uses his keen observation skills and masterful deduction to unravel the truth where it might be obscured. When the wealthy widow Emily Inglethorp, the owner of Styles court and recently remarried, turns up poisoned in her own home, who could be the culprit? Could it be her new husband, Alfred Inglethorp, after a recent change to her will left him as the sole inheritor of her fortune? Or, perhaps, her stepson John, fearing a disinheritance and rumoured to have argued with the widow the night before her death? Enter Hercule Poirot, a renowned private detective from Belgium sought after to investigate Emily's untimely death. As soon as Poirot is on the case, it's clear that all secrets will be revealed, and justice will be served.