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The Mystery of the Blue Train
The Hercule Poirot Mysteries (Related to this series)
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Publisher
- Craig Black
- Publish Date
- 6 February 2024
- Run Time
- 9 hours 14 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
“Trust the train, Mademoiselle, for it is le bon Dieu who drives it. […] And trust Hercule Poirot. He knows.”
Unhappy with her marriage, Ruth Kettering, a pampered American heiress, is on her way to meet her lover in the French Riviera, but she will never reach her destination. When the train stops in Nice, the heiress is found dead and without her precious jewels aboard Le Train Bleu. But in the midst of robbery, murder, and tragedy, famed detective Hercule Poirot is there to solve the mystery.
The gruesome murder is believed to have been performed by Ruth’s estranged husband, but Poirot believes there is more to the story. On top of the motive of murder, Poirot must consider the theft of the famous ruby, “Heart of Fire,” that was given to Ruth by her father, the American millionaire Rufus Van Aldin. And it is her father’s secretary, Major Knighton, who convinces Poirot to unmask the perpetrator of the crime. Poirot receives conflicting stories from the key players, witnesses, and suspects aboard the train, and so to find the murderer, the Belgian detective must stage a reenactment of the fatal journey.
Critics Review
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“The reader will not be disappointed when the distinguished Belgian on psychological grounds declines to suspect the arrested husband and…lands his fish to the surprise of everyone.”
Times Literary Supplement (London)
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“Nominally Poirot has retired, but retirement means no more to him than it does to a prima donna. Let a good murder mystery come within his ken, and he just can’t be kept out of it.”
New York Times Books Review, 1928
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Details
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Narrator
- Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de Cuir, John Rubinstein
- Duration
- 9 hours 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 February 2024
- ISBN
- 9798212547215
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Craig Black
- Genre
- Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Synopsis
“Trust the train, Mademoiselle, for it is le bon Dieu who drives it. […] And trust Hercule Poirot. He knows.”Unhappy with her marriage, Ruth Kettering, a pampered American heiress, is on her way to meet her lover in the French Riviera, but she will never reach her destination. When the train stops in Nice, the heiress is found dead and without her precious jewels aboard Le Train Bleu. But in the midst of robbery, murder, and tragedy, famed detective Hercule Poirot is there to solve the mystery.The gruesome murder is believed to have been performed by Ruth’s estranged husband, but Poirot believes there is more to the story. On top of the motive of murder, Poirot must consider the theft of the famous ruby, “Heart of Fire,” that was given to Ruth by her father, the American millionaire Rufus Van Aldin. And it is her father’s secretary, Major Knighton, who convinces Poirot to unmask the perpetrator of the crime. Poirot receives conflicting stories from the key players, witnesses, and suspects aboard the train, and so to find the murderer, the Belgian detective must stage a reenactment of the fatal journey.
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