{"product_id":"9781411428355","title":"The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Barnes \u0026 Noble Library of Essential Reading)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wealthy woman is poisoned at an English country manor and the world of detective fiction is changed forever. With \u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Affair at Styles, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAgatha Christie\u003c\/b\u003e launched herself, and her beloved Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, into popular culture history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Captain Arthur Hastings runs into an old friend, John Cavendish, and is invited to the family estate at Styles, he has a “premonition of approaching evil.” Outside, the Great War is still raging, and England is in upheaval. Cavendish’s widowed stepmother has brought the turmoil home by marrying a sinister-looking younger man, and when she is killed, presumably poisoned with strychnine, he becomes the first and most obvious suspect. But other family members may also have had motives for murder. Luckily, one of the Belgian refugees from the German occupation staying at Styles is a retired police detective: Hercule Poirot is on the case.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140722180336,"sku":"9781411428355","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411428355_p0.jpg?v=1769895693","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411428355","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}