![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the start of Poirot’s career in England. Among other mentions of Poirot, I wrote about David Suchet’s portrayal of Poirot, I used the first Poirot book as an example of a Cozy with a first person narrator, and I wrote about the Peter Ustinov movies where he played Poirot.įirst, let me say that although the Poirot books do not meet all the characteristics that I describe in my definition of a Cozy (since Poirot is usually a paid private investigator and not an amateur sleuth), I do believe that the Poirot books are Cozy Mysteries since most of the features of Cozies are present. ![]() I have written about Poirot a few times before, but never specifically about the books. So, although I think that Miss Marple is the prototypical Cozy sleuth, I decided to start with Poirot, who is also one of my favorites. The Hercule Poirot series preceded the also very popular Miss Marple series by a full ten years. A few weeks ago, I was looking at the list of Most Popular and Recommended Cozy Mystery Series and was surprised to see that I had never written about any of the series written by Agatha Christie! So, in order to correct that oversight, I picked up the first book in the Hercule Poirot series and re-read, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. ![]()
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