The Mysterious Affair at Styles
By Agatha Christie.
Agatha Christie's first ever published novel and is the first to feature the famously eccentric detective Hercule Poirot, as well as other classic characters including Inspector Japp and Arthur Hastings. The sleuthing team investigates the murder of Emily Inglethorp, a caring woman who opened her home to people resettling after the Giant War.
Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1920) 187 pages.