Crime
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
1920·204 pages
In 1917 England, Captain Hastings recruits Hercule Poirot to investigate the strychnine poisoning of a wealthy widow at Styles Court amid household tensions and suspects.
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In 1917 England, Captain Hastings recruits Hercule Poirot to investigate the strychnine poisoning of a wealthy widow at Styles Court amid household tensions and suspects.
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Set in the summer of 1917 in an Essex country estate, the story follows the war-wounded Captain Arthur Hastings to the Styles St. Mary manor of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John's widowed old aunt Emily, she of a sizeable fortune, to a suspicious younger man, Alfred Inglethorp, twenty years her junior. Emily's two stepsons, John and Lawrence Cavendish, as well as John's wife Mary and several other people, also live at Styles. L...
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Romance & sex
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Mild romantic interest and tension between several characters
Violence & gore
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Central murder by strychnine poisoning with no graphic violence
Profanity
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No profanity present
Substance use
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Strychnine poisoning is central to the plot; some medicinal substances mentioned
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation
Religious content
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No religious themes present
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft
Occult / demonology
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No occult content
Political content
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Background setting during World War I
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide
Abuse & suffering
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Murder and household tensions
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