The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Penguin reprint, published 1938.

Captain Hastings has been invalided out of the Great War and goes to convalesce at Styles Court, the family home of his great friend, John Cavendish. By an extraordinary coincidence, billeted in the village is a brilliant little retired detective with an egg-shaped head, who made a considerable impression on the Captain when he was in Belgium. Styles is not a happy household and in the blistering summer heat, tensions mount. Even so, the tragic murder which occurs is not expected…

Condition grading: Very Good. Bright covers. Minor damage to spine ends. Light foxing to front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.