The Mystery of the Blue Train: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

by Agatha Christie, Andras Nagy (Editor)

Overview

Poirot becomes involved in investigating the brutal murder of American heiress Ruth Kettering and the disappearance of her fabulous ruby known as the 'Heart of Fire' while he is on the Blue Train traveling between Calais and Nice. Who is to blame for this? To put together the pieces of the tragic puzzle, Poirot interviews the girl's father, her maid, her estranged husband, her eccentric cousins, and a host of other peculiar passengers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781957990491
Publisher:	Ancient Wisdom Publications
Publication date:	01/01/2024
Pages:	180
Sales rank:	378,211
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1890

Date of Death:

January 12, 1976

Place of Birth:

Torquay, Devon, England

Education:

Home schooling

Website:

http://www.agathachristie.com

Table of Contents

1. The Man with the White Hair
2. M. le Marquis
3. Heart of Fire
4. In Curzon Street
5. A Useful Gentleman
6. Mirelle
7. Letters
8. Lady Tamplin Writes a Letter
9. An Offer Refused
10. On the Blue Train
11. Murder
12. At the Villa Marguerite
13. Van Aldin Gets a Telegram
14. Ada Mason's Story
15. The Comte de la Roche
16. Poirot Discusses the Case
17. An Aristocratic Gentleman
18. Derek Lunches
19. An Unexpected Visitor
20. Katherine Makes a Friend
21. At the Tennis
22. M. Papopolous Breakfasts
23.  A New Theory
24. Poirot Gives Advice
25. Defiance
26. A Warning
27. Interview with Mirelle
28. Poirot Plays the Squirrel
29. A Letter from Home
30. Miss Viner Gives Judgment
31. Mr. Aarons Lunches
32. Katherine and Poirot Compare Notes
33. A New Theory
34. The Blue Train Again
35. Explanations
36. By the Sea
 

Editorial Reviews

A truly honorable thriller in the classic tradition.

Masterly.

Times Literary Supplement

A truly honorable thriller in the classic tradition.

New York Herald Tribune

The Empress of the crime novel.

Sunday Express (London)

Agatha Christie [is] the maestro of murder tales.” 

People

No one is better at misdirection than Agatha Christie. She dangles the key to the mystery in front of you and you still don’t see it.

Peter Lovesey