Even though Poirot’s methods often seem incomprehensible and exhausting, everyone in the novel-including Hastings-respects him and gives him room to formulate his theories in his own time. Her attempt laid the foundation for one of literature’s most famous detectives. It was written on a bet that Christie couldn’t write a detective novel in which the reader couldn’t deduce the criminal. His secrecy annoys Hastings, but there’s a good reason he doesn’t want to reveal what he thinks about the case: he prefers to work in the dark, allowing murderers to think he has no idea they committed the crime. The Mysterious Affair at Styles isn’t just Agatha Christie’s first Poirot novel, it was the only Poirot novel in the public domain until 2019. He also believes in the value of keeping his hypotheses to himself, which is why he often refrains from telling Hastings what he’s thinking. Many people overlook such minutia, but Poirot believes in taking everything into account and asking himself if all of the details of a case make sense together. In fact, he tries to show Hastings that sometimes the details that yield the most important results are the ones that seem out of place or hardly worthy of consideration. For Poirot, no piece of information is too small or insignificant to consider. An organized, quick-thinking man, Poirot believes in approaching a mystery in a levelheaded way, always focusing on every detail. The year is 1916 and, injured in WWI, Hastings finds himself convalescing at the manor of his old friend, John Cavendish. Hastings is therefore delighted when he bumps into Poirot while in Styles, and he immediately brings Poirot to Styles Court in the aftermath of Emily Inglethorp’s murder, confident that his friend will be able to crack the case. This faithful, new adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES introduces audiences to the first mystery of Hercule Poirot. Arthur Hastings-the novel’s narrator-met him while serving in World War I, and Poirot’s powers of deduction made a significant impact on him, ultimately giving him the desire to become a detective himself. Hercule Poirot is a fastidious and intelligent Belgian detective living temporarily in England.

The curious affair at styles