jacey | Booklog 8/2025: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Audio drama performed by Peter Dinklage and others
Poirot is in Kent, as a refugee from Belgium during the First World War. Lawrence, recovering from war wounds and still suffering from PTSD, goes to stay with old friends at Styles - a grand country house. When the matriarch of the family, Mrs Inglethorpe, is poisoned, all the signs point to her unpopular American husband, Alfred. Poirot, an old friend of Lawrence, happens to be staying in the village and is called in to consult. This is not a reading, but an audio drama featuring Peter Dinklage as Poirot. Sometimes the background music and sound effects are a little intrusive, but this is largely a good interpretation of a classic Agatha Christie story with several possible culprits and lots of little clues.