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The mystery of the blue train / Agatha Christie.

Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 (author.).

Summary:

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. --Publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 0553350684
ISBN: 9780553350685
Physical Description: 228 pages ; 22 cm.
Publisher: New York : Bantam, 1987.
Copyright: ©1955

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The man with the white hair -- M. le Marquis -- Heart of fire -- In Curzon street -- A useful gentleman -- Mirelle -- Letters -- Lady Tamplin writes a letter -- An offer refused -- On the blue train -- Murder -- At the Villa Marguerite -- Van Aldin gets a telegram -- Ada Mason's story -- The Comte de la Roche -- Poirot discusses the case -- An aristocratic gentleman -- Derek Lunches -- An unexpected visitor -- Katherine makes a friend -- At the tennis -- M. Papopolous breakfasts -- A new theory -- Poirot gives advice -- Defiance -- A warning -- Interview with Mirelle -- Poirot plays the squirrel -- A letter from home -- Miss Viner gives judgment -- Mr. Aarons Lunches -- Katherine and Poirot compare notes -- A new theory -- The blue train again -- Explanations -- By the sea.