Kenneth Branagh recently brought Hercule Poirot back to the big screen for a third time in A Haunting in Venice. The Classic Book Discussion Group will get a chance to try on the famed detective’s mustache in October as they read (and discuss) Agatha Christie’s The Mysterious Affair at Styles as part of their next meeting:
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BOOK DESCRIPTION: The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by Agatha Christie written in 1916, and first published in 1920 to rave reviews. Christie’s first published novel, it introduced Hercule Poirot, a Belgian refugee of the Great War, who is settling in England near the home of his wealthy, recently widowed friend Emily Inglethorp. When the widow is found murdered via the administering of poison, Poirot uses his detective skills to solve the mystery.
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An in-person discussion of The Mysterious Affair at Styles will be held on Thursday, October 26, at 3:00 PM. No registration is required to attend.
Copies of The Mysterious Affair at Styles are currently available on our 1st Floor on the Book Discussion Shelf (just behind our New Books shelves).
You can also download a copy of The Mysterious Affair at Styles as an ebook (through Hoopla or Libby/Overdrive) or as an audiobook (through Hoopla or Libby/Overdrive).
Published on September 29, 2023.
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