The Mysterious Affair at Styles: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

For many years I have heard of the author Agatha Christie and her creation Hercule Poirot but never had the opportunity to actually read any of her books. When I found a copy of the first in the series at my local library, I eagerly set about to rectify that failure. What I found, despite the fact that the book was published in 1920, was a wonderfully modern tale of a murder mystery and the complexity of thinking required to solve it satisfactorily. I look forward to continuing with the remaining books in the series; Hercule Poirot has become one of my favorite fictional detectives, right up there with Sherlock Holmes.