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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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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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A real treat

I’m a bit of a Christie obsessive so am always happy when a new adaptation comes out. You never know quite what you are going to get but I’ve got no complaints about this one. The acting is excellent. A great listen whilst I tackled the Saturday housework

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Peter Dinklage is brilliant

What a fantastic audio play of this well known story. Peter Dinklage is brilliant as Poirot, his accent is good and he gives the role real depth and honesty. The relationship between him and Hastings finally makes sense, Hastings is more than just a vehicle for saying 'I say Poirot!' , again Hastings is played perfectly. Another stand out feature is the sound effects , you're truly transported to the time, events and place. Setting the whole clearly in the context of the Great War gives the story so much atmosphere and strangely gives the story an immediacy. I really hope Audible does more of this Poirot Hastings combo.

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Dinklage IS Poirot

This was brilliant, a fab retelling of an old classic and all the cast were fab, especially Peter Dinklage as Poirot. His voicing was perfect and much better than other celebrity actors who've recently attempted it! please make more poirot stories with this version of Hercule, Hastings and Japp

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Excellent adaptation

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

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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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An excellent adaptation

Over the past few years I’ve seen and heard many adaptations of this book, some better than others . This stands out as one of the best. Peter Dinklage is an excellent Poirot and all the performances were outstanding. Please Audible, I hope you dramatise more Christie books like this!

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Please make more!!!!

This production was great. Dinklage was awesome as was the rest of the cast. The soundscape. It was all done so well. I really hope they make more. Do a suchet and film all of the 😜

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Great Poirot

A great new era for Poirot, more Dinklage in the title role please! Suitably quirky, without being comical, and a hint of a darker subtext. A rich, fleshed out supporting cast, with an expansive soundscape.

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I want more

I actually got Audible for this and I’m very glad I did. Perfect adaptation with fantastic performances all round. I really hope this is the first Poirot story of many featuring this cast.

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Brilliant!

Brilliant adaptation of one of the greatest mystery books of all times. I hope we'll get more of these productions with the same actors as Poirot and Hastings.

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