The mystery of the blue train

No cover — Agatha Christie: The mystery of the blue train (1991, G.K. Hall)

399 pages

English language

Published Nov. 13, 1991 by G.K. Hall.

ISBN:: 978-0-8161-4579-9

(1 review)

Bound for the Riviera, detective Hercule Poirot has boarded Le Train Bleu, an elegant, leisurely means of travel, free of intrigue. Then he meets Ruth Kettering. The American heiress bailing out of a doomed marriage is en route to reconcile with her former lover. But by morning, her private affairs are made public when she is found murdered in her luxury compartment. The rumour of a strange man loitering in the victim's shadow is all Poirot has to go on. Until Mrs. Kettering's secret life begins to unfold...

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3 stars

The millionaire Rufus Van Aldin offers his daughter Ruth the famous ruby "Heart of Fire". Against her father's wishes, she decides to take the jewel with her on board of the "Blue train". During the trip, Ruth is thinking of ending her marriage and go back to her former lover. However, she is killed on the train and her jewels are stolen. Poirot is then hired by Van Aldin to find out who killed his daughter.

I enjoyed this story but I think it missed a bit of suspense. I liked that the character Katherine Grey was from St. Mary Mead (Miss Marple's town).

Subjects

Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Private investigators -- England -- Fiction.
Large type books.