Meet Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's first published novel

"Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory—-let the theory go." ― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

When a weathly English widow dies of strychnine poisoning, the illustrious inspector Hercule Poirot is called in to determine which of the family members is at fault.
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