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Rinehart's first American mystery published in 1908, reminding Agatha Christie fans of her first country-house English mystery, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published 12 years later. This book has servants, a secret room, multigenerational goings-on, and more like Styles did.

It was pure chance that led my friend Hercule Poirot, the former Belgian police chief, to become embroiled in the mysterious Styles case. His success in solving it brought him great fame, and he decided to dedicate himself to solving unsolved crimes.

While assisting Holmes in an embezzlement case in Falmouth, Watson is called to aid Mrs. Ranstead, the survivor of a shipwreck. She and crewman Cluney were the only survivors from a ship that was transporting an ancient meteorite from St. John's to Falmouth.