The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Poirot's very first case.
6 hr 23 min · read by Mike Polischuk
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Agatha Christie
The Queen of Crime, creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
1890–1976 Mystery
About
Who was Agatha Christie?
Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time, the creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple and the queen of the clever murder mystery.
Her life
Christie was born in Torquay in 1890. During the First World War she worked in a hospital pharmacy, where she learned the poisons that turn up in so many of her books.
Her mysteries
Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) shocked readers with its ending and is still argued about. She went on to write 66 detective novels and many short stories, and her books have sold billions of copies. She was made a Dame in 1971 and died in 1976.
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Poirot's very first case.
6 hr 23 min · read by Mike Polischuk 
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The ending that shocked the world. Our most-played Christie.
6 hr 55 min · read by Brent Nasworthy
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The Murder on the Links
Poirot in France, with a body on a golf course.
6 hr 39 min · read by Michael Lyons
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4:41
Audiobooks
Listen to Agatha Christie
The Hunter's Lodge Case
Narrated by Chikondi Chanthunya
Hercule Poirot is stuck in bed with influenza, so he sends Captain Hastings to investigate in his place. A wealthy man, Harrington Pace, has been shot at a remote shootin...
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4:36
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Narrated by Brent Nasworthy
Poirot probes a shocking village murder in Christie’s most daring whodunit. Brent Nasworthy’s nuanced narration heightens every clue, red herring, and reveal on the way t...
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4:52
The Murder on the Links
Narrated by Michael Lyons
Hercule Poirot receives a desperate letter from a rich man in France: Paul Renauld, who fears for his life and asks for help. Poirot and Captain Hastings cross the Channe...
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4:41
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Narrated by Mike Polischuk
Poirot’s first case: a country-house poisoning, a maze of alibis, and a dazzling reveal—brought to life by narrator Mike Polischuk in Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit.
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The Plymouth Express Affair
Narrated by Agatha Wells
A millionaire's daughter, Ruth Kettering, is found dead in her compartment on the Plymouth Express, and her valuable jewels are missing. Hercule Poirot is asked to untang...
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3:02
The Secret of Chimneys
Narrated by Salathiel Reagan
Anthony Cade, a young adventurer, takes on two small jobs for a friend: deliver a manuscript to a publisher in London and a packet of letters to a lady. Both leads him in...
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4:47
Life in dates
Agatha Christie's life
- 1890
Born in Torquay, Devon.
- 1917
Qualifies as a pharmacy assistant during the First World War.
- 1920
The Mysterious Affair at Styles introduces Poirot.
- 1926
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
- 1971
Made a Dame.
- 1976
Dies at Winterbrook, Oxfordshire.
Questions
Questions about Agatha Christie
Which Agatha Christie should I start with?
The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Poirot's first case, or The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
Are Agatha Christie's books in the public domain?
Her early books, from the 1920s, are in the public domain in the United States. Those are the ones on Academy Voices.
Who is Hercule Poirot?
Christie's Belgian detective, famous for his moustache and his 'little grey cells'.
Where can I listen to Agatha Christie audiobooks narrated by real people?
Academy Voices has 6 Agatha Christie audiobooks, each performed by a real narrator, with a free sample on every one. Every recording is Certified Human Voice.
Reviewed October 2026 by the Academy Voices team. Sources: Wikipedia, Wikidata .
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