A review by saluki
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

4.0

My second Poirot read and I thought I'd go back to Poirot's debut which is about family affairs and murder in the countryside.

Captain Hastings, a friend of Poirot's, narrates this story which works well as Poirot seems to be displaying a lot of strange behaviour from Hasting's perspective. Hastings is a perfect gentleman, loyal and honest to a possible fault, and likeable. But, he's also distinctly dim in comparison to Poirot so as an admiring sidekick he is a wonderful plot device.

Totally enjoyed this tale but didn't guess the correct culprit this time. I obviously fall within Hastings range and level of detecting.

I'm finding myself a smidge addicted to these cases... I need the next one. Now!