The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Quotes from the Book
Why didn't they ask the Evans?
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Time, thought Bobby suddenly, was a very frightening thing.
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The law. Lady Frances, is an uncertain animal. It has twists and turns that surprise the non-legal mind.
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A woman would know all right about her own husband.
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These older people were the limit... They harped on things so.
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You can always depend on an Englishman to play the game
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Sorry, Dad," he said. speaking cheerfully and breezily as was his habit no matter what the subject. "Not my fault this time. I was keeping guard over a corpse.
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My dear Bobby, did I understand you to say that someone had offered you a thousand a year? A thousand?” “Holed it in one, Dad,” said Bobby. “It’s impossible,” said the Vicar. Bobby was not hurt by this frank incredulity. His estimate of his own monetary value differed little from that of his father. “They must be complete mutts,” he agreed heartily.
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A dying man’s bewildering last words pull an inquisitive young man and his beautiful companion into a dangerous web of lethal secrets in Agatha Christie’s classic mystery, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?
While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. The man opens his eyes and with his last breath says, "Why didn't they ask Evans?" Haunted by those words, Bobby and his vivacious companion, Frankie, set out to solve a mystery that will bring them into mortal danger. .
Book details
- First published
- 1934
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Genre
- Mystery
- Goodreads rating
- 3.91 (41k ratings)
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