The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot Series)

by Agatha Christie

Overview

When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, aguard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering fromher slumbers. But she will never wake again—for aheavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her featuresalmost beyond recognition. What is more, herprecious rubies are missing.

The prime suspect is Ruth’s estranged husband,Derek. Yet Hercule Poirot is not convinced, so hestages an eerie reenactment of the journey, completewith the murderer on board. . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062073976
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/27/2011
Series:	Hercule Poirot Series
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.30(h) x 0.80(d)
Lexile:	720L (what's this?)

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

What People are Saying About This

Peter Lovesey

“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.”

Editorial Reviews

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

The Empress of the crime novel.

Sunday Express (London)

A truly honorable thriller in the classic tradition.

Masterly.

Times Literary Supplement

A truly honorable thriller in the classic tradition.

New York Herald Tribune

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

“The Empress of the crime novel.” — Sunday Express (London)

“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, Anthony award-winning author of Stagestruck

From the Publisher

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

People

One of the few things you can rely on in this life is that a Hercule Poirot story is going to be engaging and the second is that Audio Partners will bring it to you superbly done and at a great price. Katherine Grey decides to see a little of the world when she inherits a tidy nest egg from an old employer. She opts for a trip to the French Riviera on the famous blue train. She gets more than she bargained for when the lady she befriends on the train turns up dead. Luckily for her, the famous Belgian is on board, and, as she helps Poirot unearth clues, she stumbles on romance and adventure in this diverting tale from a time gone by. John Moffatt expertly personifies the moneyed classes with their belief that they’re above such nasty things as murder. He carries off with aplomb the many characters’ emotional ups and downs and is especially good with the charming bravado of the upper-crust playboy about to receive his comeuppance. D.G. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine

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