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The Mysterious Affair at Styles

By: Agatha Christie, Anna Lea - adaptation
Narrated by: Peter Dinklage, Himesh Patel, Harriet Walter, Jessica Gunning, Phil Dunster, Rob Delaney, John Bradley, Vivian Oparah, Patsy Ferran
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An Audible Original multi-cast adaptation of Agatha Christie’s debut novel, THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES, starring Peter Dinklage as the legendary Hercule Poirot.

England, 1914. The world is at war. Captain Hastings, injured and shaken, is invited to Styles Court to recover. It’s a grand old country house - the family home of his old friend - and a perfect haven. Or so it seems. But in the blistering summer heat, trouble is afoot. Simmering tensions are tearing the family apart, and it all comes to a head in the most horrifying way. Emily Inglethorp, the wealthy matriarch of the family, is brutally murdered in the middle of the night. And nobody at Styles is above suspicion. Anyone could have killed Emily - from her ambitious American husband to her distinguished but troubled sons John and Lawrence, her old friend Evie Howard and young ward Cynthia Murdoch. Captain Hastings is desperate to solve the mystery and protect the family from the terrible speculation of the press. And he knows just the man they need: a brilliant Detective Hastings once knew, who just happens to be staying in the village. His insight and method are exceptional - and his suit is flawless. He goes by the name of Hercule Poirot.

Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) leads an all-star cast as Agatha Christie’s famous detective in his first ever outing, with Himesh Patel (Yesterday) as Captain Hastings. Also starring Harriet Walter (Succession), Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer), Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso), Rob Delaney (Catastrophe), John Bradley (Game of Thrones), Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane) and Patsy Ferran (A Streetcar Named Desire).

Produced in Dolby Atmos, the production features an original score by Johnny Flynn.

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Some of our favorite moments from The Mysterious Affair at Styles

MUSIC 1 - Home Fires Burning - WW1 Song - sung by Johnny Flynn and the Deep Throat Choir, arranged by Joe Zeitlin
CLIP 2 - Hastings recollects his good friend Poirot
CLIP 3 - Poirot makes a first discovery
CLIP 4 - Poirot sums up his findings with Hastings
CLIP 5 - Cynthia and Hastings have a heart to heart
  • The Mysterious Affair at Styles
  • MUSIC 1 - Home Fires Burning - WW1 Song - sung by Johnny Flynn and the Deep Throat Choir, arranged by Joe Zeitlin
  • The Mysterious Affair at Styles
  • CLIP 2 - Hastings recollects his good friend Poirot
  • The Mysterious Affair at Styles
  • CLIP 3 - Poirot makes a first discovery
  • The Mysterious Affair at Styles
  • CLIP 4 - Poirot sums up his findings with Hastings
  • The Mysterious Affair at Styles
  • CLIP 5 - Cynthia and Hastings have a heart to heart
The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Featuring

About the Composer

Johnny Flynn is an award-winning and critically acclaimed actor and musician who has worked extensively across film, television and theatre. His work as a musician has found critical acclaim and a sizeable audience through the years; his most recent musical collaboration with Robert Macfarlane on the album Lost in the Cedar Wood is of particular note. His band Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit have released four albums and toured the world.
Flynn has scored and composed for numerous projects, including some in which he also appeared in front of the camera. These include the credits song “Queen Bee” for Autumn De Wilde’s debut feature Emma, contributing music to Song One directed by Kate Barker-Froyland, and additional songs and music for Stardust.
Other compositional work in film and television includes The Score, which not only features new compositional work, but reworkings of music from his catalogue; the score for Netflix series The Last Czars alongside band member Joe Zeitlin; and collaborating with composer Dan Michaelson on Detectorists. Additionally, Flynn composed the score for director Brian Crano's film A Bag of Hammers.
Additional works of note include the recently composed Magnitsky: The Musical, for which songs he won a BBC Audio Drama Award, and the music for Oak Tree Close, a dramatic piece for BBC Radio 4 directed by Jessica Dromgoole. In the world of theatre, he has composed an original instrumental score for a production of As You Like It, which ran at Shakespeare's Globe, and the score for the West End production of True West by Sam Shepherd.
Flynn has most recently toured Lost in the Cedar Wood with Robert Macfarlane across the UK.

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Really enjoyable and Peter Dinklage as the voice character of Hurcle Pirot was phenomenal and an absolute joy to listen to. other cast members were great also

brilliant story

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came for Peter Dinklage, stayed for the storyline and great acting. Im a true fan of Peter Dinklage

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Poirot was very well executed. No pantomime antics from any of the cast. I thoroughly enjoyed this adaptation.

So very well done

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Excellent adaptation and production. Performances excellent. Very listenable, and enjoyable even if you know whodunnit!

Excellent adaptation

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The story, a fairly classic country house, whodunnit moves along at a pace. Most of the vocal performances are wonderful, particularly Hastings and Sybil. I really wanted to love Peter Dinklage as Poirot because he’s a splendid actor and the acting itself is marvellous; the accent, less so. Sorry Peter. A very entertaining few hours nonetheless. I only partly guessed the murderer (it’s pleasingly complex).

* a small thing but where most of the sound effects were great but the background music at the end felt very much as if it was in the wrong play. Extremely distracting, emotional tone off, from the wrong historic period I think and just plain annoying. Don’t let that stop you from listening though.

An enjoyable mystery

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