Le Train bleu

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Published June 1, 1997 by Librairie des Champs-Elysées.

ISBN:
978-2-7024-7864-6
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OCLC Number:
77297534

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3 stars (1 review)

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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My First Agatha Christie Book

3 stars

This novel has a reputation for being on the list of "worst Agathas". Unfortunately, this is my only exposure to Agatha Christie's written work. I've been familiar with the more popular stories through TV, film and radio, it was nice to be read a story I've not seen or heard before. However where I expect to be able to follow clues, and deduce the crime along with the protagonist, I don't feel like I can, and the revelation at the end of the book feels like it's been plucked almost from thin air. The relationships of the cast are interesting, more interesting than the crime, but since there's a crime to solve, solved it must be.