![]() ![]() John is sure that the man is a scoundrel, only in it for the money. John catches Hastings up on his family drama-John's stepmother, Emily, has married again, this time to a man twenty years her junior. At some point between his stay at the convalescent home and his two months of leave, Hastings runs into John Cavendish, an old acquaintance. ![]() So, Hastings recounts the summer he spent at Styles after being injured in WWI and recuperating in a convalescent home. Hastings alludes to a sensational crime that took place at Styles Court and has dominated the regional news cycle for an entire summer, and he claims to have been asked by the Cavendish family, the proprietors of the estate, to write a true account of the whole affair to dispel any lingering rumors. The novel begins with a brief explanation-provided by its narrator, Arthur Hastings-of why it's being written. ![]()
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