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The Mystery of the Blue Train revolves around a set of fabulous rubies, said to have been worn by Catherine the Great, now purchased by an American millionaire as a gift to his daughter. When she takes them with her on a luxury train to the Riviera, she is unaware that among her fellow passengers are her unfaithful husband, his not-so-secret mistress, a quiet Englishwoman who believes that nothing exciting ever happens to her—and the famous retired detective Hercule Poirot. And, possibly, a murderer.
Despite positive critical reception of this entry in the Poirot canon, Christie described this as the least favorite of her own novels. However, this is almost certainly due to the events in her personal life during that time: the death of her mother, followed closely by the discovery of her husband’s affair and his request for divorce. Suffering from what appears to have been a nervous breakdown, Christie famously disappeared for over a week in December 1926, triggering a nationwide search before she was discovered to have checked into a hotel under an assumed name. This novel was written in part during a three-month convalescence following those events.
The book is dedicated to Christie’s secretary Charlotte Fisher and her pet terrier Peter, calling them “distinguished members of the O.F.D.” The “Order of Faithful Dogs” was Christie’s name for her circle of closest friends.
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Crimes against, Detective and mystery stories, Divorce, Divorce in fiction, Fiction, Hercule Poirot (Fictitious character), Jewelry theft, Jewelry theft in fiction, Married women, Married women in fiction, Private investigators, Private investigators in fiction, Railroad stories, Railroad travel, Railroad travel in fiction, Rich people, Rich people in fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Belgians, English Detective and mystery stories, Mystery fiction, England, fiction, France, fiction, Poirot, hercule (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Large type books, English literature, German text, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Private investigators, fiction, Married people, fiction, Divorced people, fiction, Crime, fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, thrillers, general, Private investigators--England--Fiction, Railroad travel--Fiction, Married women--Crimes against--Fiction, Rich people--Crimes against--Fiction, Jewelry theft--FictionEdition | Availability |
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2024, LA CASE Books
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2024, Village Lane Publishing
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Mystery of the Blue Train: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
2022, HarperCollins Publishers
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Misterio Del Tren Azul : (Edición de Bolsillo)
2020, Independently Published
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Mystery of the Blue Train [Special Edition]
2019, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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2019-03-21, [publisher not identified]
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2017, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
May 04, 2016, William Morrow & Company
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The Mystery of the Blue Train: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
Jul 19, 2016, Harpercollins, HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
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Jul 19, 2016, Harpercollins, HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
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The Mystery of the Blue Train: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
2014, Center Point Large Print
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The Mystery of the Blue Train: Library Edition
Apr 01, 2014, Blackstone Pub
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
Hercule Poirot Mysteries Paperback
2011, Harper Paperbacks
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2010, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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El mistero del tren azul
2010, RBA Coleccionables, S.A.
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The Mystery of the Blue Train: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
March 30, 2007, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
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The Mystery Of The Blue Train - A Hercule Porot Mystery
Jan 01, 2007, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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Apr 28, 2007, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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August 15, 2005, HarperCollins Audio
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Mystery of the Blue Train: Hercule Poirot Investigates
2005, HarperCollins Publishers
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2005, HarperCollins Publishers
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2005, HarperCollins
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2005, HarperCollins Publishers
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2005, HarperCollins Publishers
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The Mystery of the Blue Train: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Mystery Masters Series)
January 2004, The Audio Partners, Mystery Masters
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El Misterio del Tren Azul (Crimen y Misterio)
May 2004, Planeta
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January 2004, The Audio Partners, Mystery Masters
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2002, Yuan liu chu ban shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
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November 5, 2001, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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November 5, 2001, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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June 12, 2000, Berkley
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October 1999, Tandem Library
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
January 1999, Amereon Limited
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Le Train bleu
June 1, 1997, Librairie des Champs-Elysées
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1995, CollinsChildren'sBooks, New York: Pocket Books, 1971
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1994, HarperCollins Publishers
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July 1, 1993, Random House Audio, Brand: Random House Audio
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Le train bleu
November 1, 1992, Le Livre de Poche
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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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