One morning at Styles Court, an Essex country manor, the elderly owner is found dead of strychnine poisoning.
With a half dozen suspects who all harbor secrets, i.
Thus, in this classic whodunit, one of the most famous characters in detective fiction makes his debut on the world stage.
Mary to ask help from his friend Hercule Poirot, an eccentric Belgian inspector.
Arthur Hastings, a soldier staying there on sick leave from the Western Front, ventures out to the nearby village of Styles St.
One morning at Styles Court, an Essex country manor, the elderly owner is found dead of strychnine poisoning