Hercule Poirot Mysteries The Mystery of the Blue Train, (Paperback)

from bnielsen

England, ca 1928 Ruth Kettering bliver foræret nogle meget kostbare rubiner af sin far. Hun er ved at forlade sin mand og tager rubinerne med i Det Blå Tog mod rivieraen. Hun bliver kvalt i toget og hendes ansigt bliver knust. Faderen er dybt ulykkelig og hyrer Hercule Poirot, som også var med to...

from bbbart

Even after reading several Poirot stories from Agatha Christie, I'm still always put on the wrong foot by this cunning author. I love the atmosphere of Europe during the interbellum which comes out of the story and of course the individual characters who are all forever under suspicion by Poirot....

from druidgirl

As always Hercule Poirot always gets his man or woman. He does at times act a little stumped or confused but this is a very shrewd move on his part. He tries to put the people at ease so they feel as though they are safe. It has a new twist at every turn, if you think you know who the culprit is,...

from davidabrams

As I began reading Agatha Christie's The Mystery of the Blue Train, I thought this was going to be an indigo-tinted version of Murder on the Orient Express. The two novels bear some similarities: the confinement of a train chugging across Europe, a rich American murdered in her sleeping compartme...

from mrtall

This early Poirot is a treat. Written and set in the late 1920s, it's both a highly satisfactory murder mystery, and a glimpse into a world long passed away. Ruth Kettering, an American heiress, has been at odds with her extremely well-bred but dissolute English husband. She decides to take the f...