![]() ![]() His contributions to the investigation, however, are rarely of much use, and it soon becomes clear that Hastings lacks the knack for detective work that Poirot exemplifies so perfectly. Hastings has grand ideas of becoming a detective himself, priding himself in having “a certain talent for deduction,” so he’s quite excited to work alongside Poirot. ![]() Before long, though, Hastings gets swept up in trying to help his old friend Hercule Poirot solve the murder of John’s stepmother, Emily Inglethorp. Hastings is glad to accept this invitation, especially when he meets John’s beautiful wife, Mary Cavendish, to whom Hastings takes an immediate liking. While on leave, Hastings runs into John Cavendish, an old friend who invites him to spend time at Styles Court, his family’s estate in the English countryside. The novel’s narrator, Arthur Hastings is a 30-year-old soldier on leave from World War I after having been injured in battle. ![]()
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