Project Gutenberg 2024-01-29 Public domain in the USA. 1461 Christie, Agatha 1890 1976 Christie, Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller The mystery of the Blue Train $aNew York, NY :$bPocket Books, Inc., $c1928, pubdate 1940, pubdate 1962. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mystery_of_the_Blue_Train Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Mystery of the Blue Train" by Agatha Christie is a detective novel written in the late 1920s. This work features the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who finds himself entangled in a case involving murder and stolen rubies amid a luxurious train journey. The narrative is set against a backdrop of intrigue and deception, hinting at themes of crime and betrayal. The opening of the novel introduces a mysterious encounter in the streets of Paris between a man named Boris Krassnine and an American gentleman. Discrepancies surrounding their transaction suggest deeper, more sinister motives than mere trade. Meanwhile, the glamorous yet troubled characters, including Ruth Kettering and her husband Derek, hint at personal dramas that intertwine with the unfolding mystery. As Poirot gets drawn into the case, the story sets the stage for a thrilling examination of human nature amidst luxury and danger, promising a compelling start to the reader’s journey into unraveling the plot. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20230117132822christie 1928 US Reading ease score: 85.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Private investigators -- England -- Fiction Detective and mystery stories Jewelry theft -- Fiction Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Railroad travel -- France -- Fiction Married women -- Crimes against -- Fiction Rich people -- Crimes against -- Fiction PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: British Literature 465271 2025-06-29T03:36:41.629405 text/html 439584 2024-01-29T21:42:05 text/html 299112 2025-06-29T03:36:47.918366 application/epub+zip 306399 2025-06-29T03:36:42.596398 application/epub+zip 251884 2025-06-29T03:36:42.087366 application/epub+zip 395878 2025-06-29T03:36:51.774331 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381339 2025-06-29T03:36:47.514356 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429414 2025-06-29T03:36:39.848410 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 409627 2024-01-29T21:42:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17458 2025-06-29T03:36:51.908307 application/rdf+xml 5439 2025-06-29T03:36:42.263364 image/jpeg 1247 2025-06-29T03:36:42.174358 image/jpeg 252187 2025-06-29T03:36:41.666385 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia