Download or read book Agatha Christie Early Novels the Mysterious Affair at Styles and Secret Adversary written by Agatha Christie and published by Oxford City Press. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Secret adversary): Investigating the case of a woman who has been missing for five years, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford uncover just enough information to solve the mystery and put their own lives in jeopardy.
Download or read book THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES THE SECRET ADVERSARY written by Agatha Christie and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. It was written in the middle of World War I, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 and in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head on 21 January 1921. Styles was Christie's first published novel, introducing Hercule Poirot, Inspector (later, Chief Inspector) Japp, and Arthur Hastings. The story is told in first person by Hastings and features many of the elements that have become icons of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, largely due to Christie's influence. It is set in a large, isolated country manor. There are a half-dozen suspects, most of whom are hiding facts about themselves. The book includes maps of the house, the murder scene, and a drawing of a fragment of a will, as well as a number of red herrings and surprise plot twists. "The Secret Adversary" is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head in January 1922. The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie books and one collection of short stories written throughout her writing career.
Download or read book AGATHA CHRISTIE The Secret Adversary The Mysterious Affair at Styles written by Agatha Christie and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. It was written in the middle of World War I, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 and in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head on 21 January 1921. Styles was Christie's first published novel, introducing Hercule Poirot, Inspector (later, Chief Inspector) Japp, and Arthur Hastings. The story is told in first person by Hastings and features many of the elements that have become icons of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, largely due to Christie's influence. It is set in a large, isolated country manor. There are a half-dozen suspects, most of whom are hiding facts about themselves. The book includes maps of the house, the murder scene, and a drawing of a fragment of a will, as well as a number of red herrings and surprise plot twists. "The Secret Adversary" is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head in January 1922. The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie books and one collection of short stories written throughout her writing career.
Download or read book The Secret Adversary written by Agatha Christie and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigating the case of Jane Finn, a woman who has been missing for five years, young adventurers Tommy and Tuppence Beresford uncover just enough information to solve the mystery and put their own lives in jeopardy. Reissue.
Download or read book The Early Classics of Agatha Christie written by Agatha Christie and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Golden Deer Classics publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button. All of our collections include a linked table of contents. Agatha Christie was a British author of crime fiction. Christie's career spanned over 50 years and featured over 60 novels. Christie's book The Mysterious Affairs at Styles, was the first to feature the legendary character Hercule Poirot. This collection includes the following: NOVELS: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Secret Adversary
Download or read book The Secret Adversary and the Mysterious Affair at Styles written by Agatha Christie and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IT was 2 p.m. on the afternoon of May 7, 1915. The Lusitania had been struck by two torpedoes in succession and was sinking rapidly, while the boats were being launched with all possible speed. The women and children were being lined up awaiting their turn. Some still clung desperately to husbands and fathers; others clutched their children closely to their breasts. One girl stood alone, slightly apart from the rest. She was quite young, not more than eighteen. She did not seem afraid, and her grave, steadfast eyes looked straight ahead. "I beg your pardon." A man's voice beside her made her start and turn. She had noticed the speaker more than once amongst the first-class passengers. There had been a hint of mystery about him which had appealed to her imagination. He spoke to no one. If anyone spoke to him he was quick to rebuff the overture. Also he had a nervous way of looking over his shoulder with a swift, suspicious glance. She noticed now that he was greatly agitated. There were beads of perspiration on his brow. He was evidently in a state of overmastering fear. And yet he did not strike her as the kind of man who would be afraid to meet death!
Download or read book The Secret Adversary written by Agatha Christie and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's just after world War One and Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley are desperately short of money. With jobs on thin ice, Tommy and Tuppence decide to form a partnership and hire themselves out as "young adventurers, willing to do anything, go anywhere." When their first assignment, for the sinister Mr. Whittington, puts both of them in mortal danger, they have to use all of their ingenuity and cunning to save not only their own lives, but that of the mysterious "Jane Finn."
Download or read book The Early Agatha Christie written by Agatha Christie and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected here in one omnibus edition are four novels and ten short stories by the incomparable Agatha Christie; that's over nine hundred pages and three hundred thousand words of some of the greatest murder mysteries ever written. Included are The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Secret Adversary, Murder on the Links, The Man in the Brown Suit, and Poirot Investigates (UK Edition). Agatha Christie is the best selling novelist of all times having sold more than two billion books. Her work has been translated into more than one hundred languages and countless Tele-plays. In 1955, Christie was the first recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's highest honour, the Grand Master Award. Later that same year, Witness for the Prosecution received an Edgar Award for Best Play. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was voted the best crime novel ever.
Download or read book The Mysterious Affair at Styles and the Secret Adversary written by Agatha Christie and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-24 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armchair Fiction presents Mammoth Mystery Double Classics-featuring illustrated editions of two all-time mystery-crime standards, with 440 pages or more of whodunit thrills. This double novel features two classics by the queen of murder mysteries, Agatha Christie. The first tale is a Hercule Poirot thriller, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles." There were not less than seven people at the fashionable Styles estate in Essex who might have felt a certain degree of comfort if Emily Inglethorp were more dead than alive. There were not less than seven motives and no fewer than seven apparently foolproof alibis when the wealthy lady was found murdered in her bed. So this led to the ultimate question-had the perfect crime been committed? Left to less perceptible eyes than those of the scrupulous M. Hercule Poirot, a monstrously malignant murderer might have gone unpunished. But slowly and surely, Poirot, the master Belgian detective, began to carve a path toward the identity of the killer. "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" marked the first appearance of Agatha Christie's beloved Belgain sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Over the years, Christie's dogged passion for detail and her cool perception of character made her an unparalleled creator of literary crime. Our second Christie tale is another great one, "The Secret Adversary." Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley are unemployed, broke, and seeking some adventure in their young lives. A chance meeting between these two old friends becomes a destined partnership when they create "The Young Adventurers, Ltd.," where they are "willing to do anything, and go anywhere." But they seem destined to get more excitement than bargained for when the duo is asked to take on the case of the missing Jane Finn, whose disappearance with highly secretive government papers spells potential disaster! Twists and turns abound with Tommy and Turppence on the case, as they soon find more thrills and danger than they ever dreamed of. Joined by American millionaire Julius P. Hershimmer, they follow the clues into a mystery embroiled with wartime intrigue, murder, and the sinister Mr. Brown.
Download or read book Agatha Christie Collection written by Agatha Christie and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-29 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THREE BOOKS IN ONE! In one volume, three of Agatha Christie's early Hercule Poirot books. Included in this volume: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (originally published in 1920) The Murder on the Links (originally published in 1923) Poirot Investigates (originally published in 1924) The Secret Adversary (originally published in 1922) The Man In The Brown Suit (originally published in 1924)
Download or read book Secret Adversay The Mysterious Affair at Styles written by Agatha Christie and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-29 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected here are Secret Adversary and The Mysterious Affair at Styles, the books that introduced the world to Tommy and Tuppence and to Hercule Poirot. These intricate novels revolutionized the mystery form and launched Agatha Christie's career.
Download or read book The Mysterious Affair at Styles Hercule Poirot s First Case Special Edition written by Agatha Christie and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her first published mystery, Agatha Christie introduced readers to her Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. When the wealthy mistress of Styles Court is murdered, Poirot is on hand to wade through the confusing clues and long list of suspects! A classic whodunit. This special edition is loaded with bonus content...reviews of the era, a filmography, and a complete bonus Agatha Christie novel, "The Secret Adversary."
Download or read book Secret Adversary and the Mysterious Affair at Styles written by Agatha Christie and published by Wilder Publications. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mysterious Affair at Styles written by Agatha Christie and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agatha Christie’s debut novel was the first to feature Hercule Poirot, her famously eccentric Belgian detective. A refugee of the Great War, Poirot is settling in England near Styles Court, the country estate of his wealthy benefactress, the elderly Emily Inglethorp. When Emily is poisoned and the authorities are baffled, Poirot puts his prodigious sleuthing skills to work. Suspects are plentiful, including the victim’s much younger husband, her resentful stepsons, her longtime hired companion, a young family friend working as a nurse, and a London specialist on poisons who just happens to be visiting the nearby village. All of them have secrets they are desperate to keep, but none can outwit Poirot as he navigates the ingenious red herrings and plot twists that earned Agatha Christie her well-deserved reputation as the queen of mystery.
Download or read book The Agatha Christie Collection written by Agatha Christie and published by Antiquarius. This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Agatha Christie Collection focuses on the early works of the best-selling fiction writer of all time. Christie's mysteries' universal appeal appeals to her characters and the clean and delineated rules she created for the genre. She had the incredible knack for turning the resolution of murders into a refreshing and comforting read.
Download or read book Two Novels the Mysterious Affair at Styles The Secret Adversary written by Agatha Christie and published by MONDIAL. This book was released on 2006 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" (1920) is Agatha Christie's first novel, and introduces the characters of Hercule Poirot, Chief Inspector Japp and Captain Arthur Hastings: In the midst of World War I, the residents of Styles wake one morning to find Emily Inglethorpe has been fatally poisoned. Captain Hastings, staying with the family, enlists the help of his old friend, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. With the evidence mounting against one member of the family, Poirot uses his technique to prove who really killed Emily... --- "The Secret Adversary" (1922) introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence: Set in 1919, the young couple form a partnership, hiring themselves out as "young adventurers." Their first case, however, is more of an adventure than they expect...
Download or read book The Agatha Christie Collection written by Agatha Christie and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agatha Christie, DBE, (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 80 detective novels—especially those featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple—and her successful West End theatre plays.According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Christie is the best-selling writer of books of all time and, with William Shakespeare, the best-selling author of any kind. She has sold roughly four billion copies of her novels.[1] According to Index Translationum, Christie is the most translated individual author, with only the collective corporate works of Walt Disney Productions surpassing her.[2] Her books have been translated into at least 103 languages.[3]Christie's stage play The Mousetrap holds the record for the longest initial run: it opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London on 25 November 1952 and as of 2011 is still running after more than 23,000 performances. In 1955, Christie was the first recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's highest honour, the Grand Master Award, and in the same year Witness for the Prosecution was given an Edgar Award by the MWA for Best Play. Most of her books and short stories have been filmed, some many times over (Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile and 4.50 From Paddington for instance), and many have been adapted for television, radio, video games and comics. - WikipediaTable of ContentsThe Mysterious Affair at Styles CHAPTER I. I GO TO STYLES CHAPTER II. THE 16TH AND 17TH OF JULY CHAPTER III. THE NIGHT OF THE TRAGEDY CHAPTER IV. POIROT INVESTIGATES CHAPTER V. "IT ISN'T STRYCHNINE, IS IT?" CHAPTER VI. THE INQUEST CHAPTER VII. POIROT PAYS HIS DEBTS CHAPTER VIII. FRESH SUSPICIONS CHAPTER IX. DR. BAUERSTEIN CHAPTER X. THE ARREST CHAPTER XI. THE CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION CHAPTER XII. THE LAST LINK CHAPTER XIII. POIROT EXPLAINS Secret Adversary Page 160CHAPTER I. THE YOUNG ADVENTURERS, LTD. CHAPTER II. MR. WHITTINGTON'S OFFER CHAPTER III. A SET BACK CHAPTER IV. WHO IS JANE FINN? CHAPTER V. MR. JULIUS P. HERSHEIMMER CHAPTER VI. A PLAN OF CAMPAIGN CHAPTER VII. THE HOUSE IN SOHO CHAPTER VIII. THE ADVENTURES OF TOMMY CHAPTER IX. TUPPENCE ENTERS DOMESTIC SERVICE CHAPTER X. ENTER SIR JAMES PEEL EDGERTON CHAPTER XI. JULIUS TELLS A STORY CHAPTER XII. A FRIEND IN NEED CHAPTER XIII. THE VIGIL CHAPTER XIV. A CONSULTATION CHAPTER XV. TUPPENCE RECEIVES A PROPOSAL CHAPTER XVI. FURTHER ADVENTURES OF TOMMY CHAPTER XVII. ANNETTE CHAPTER XVIII. THE TELEGRAM CHAPTER XIX. JANE FINN CHAPTER XX. TOO LATE CHAPTER XXI. TOMMY MAKES A DISCOVERY CHAPTER XXII. IN DOWNING STREET CHAPTER XXIII. A RACE AGAINST TIME CHAPTER XXIV. JULIUS TAKES A HAND CHAPTER XXV. JANE'S STORY CHAPTER XXVI. MR. BROWN CHAPTER XXVII. A SUPPER PARTY AT THE SAVOY CHAPTER XXVIII. AND AFTER
