Let’s read, discuss, and learn about this classic together!
Agatha Christie is the Queen of Mystery for a reason and I aim to uncover all she has to teach me by reading her books and, if time permits, watching the series (old and new) that are based on her many books.
The Set-up
Every week for the next 13 weeks I’m going to read one chapter and share the chapter with you including my notes via email. With chapters of varying length (one is 8k+ while others are around 2k) I may need to alternate between having a full chapter and my notes separate.
The Hook
I hope the “hook” in this instance will be getting to read an Agatha Christie classic together. But, in case you require something more, on Friday, June 28th (time pending) as a sort of “wrap-up” party after our read along, I will host a Watch Party of The Mysterious Affair at Styles just for those who are members of the Murder Pen Club and participate in the reading!
Of course, as he is my favorite Poirot, it will be David Suchet in the lead role.
The Tale
Hastings renews his friendship with Poirot and involves him in the mysterious poisoning of the mistress of a manor house married to a man twenty years her junior.
The Wire
The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the first detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie, introducing her fictional detective Hercule Poirot. 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.
The Breakdown
When will all this begin, you might be asking yourself? Thursdays are for Agatha Christie beginning April 4th and ending on June 27th (my 40th birthday). I can think of no better queen to celebrate with!
The Shut-Out
Sometimes you want to do more than just read the work. Why not listen to it? Here is the BBC recording, featuring John Moffat as the Belgium detective, Hercule Poirot.
