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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. "I was wrong about that young man of yours. A man when he is making up to anybody can be cordial and gallant and full of little attentions and altogether charming. But when a man is really in love he can't help looking like a sheep. Now, whenever that young man looked at you he looked like a sheep. I take back all I said this morning. It is genuine." She got me again. I can sometimes identify the culprit before she reveals it but not on this one. There is a rich heiress in an unhappy marriage, a famous ruby, a powerful father to the unhappy daughter and a philandering husband (never mind that Mrs. Kettering is on the train to redezvous with her former lover, who is also a potential killer). Was Mrs. Kettering killed for her jewels or did her estranged husband seek to insure he would retain her wealth having discovered she is seeking a divorce? Or is her father enraged that she has taken up again with her former lover who he felt was unfit? It is a delightful read with false trails aplenty and I always enjoy the train as a settng. She has once again assembled a cast of likely culprits providing one and all with a motive or desire for the death that keeps the reader looking for suspects. But this one has a major red herring that threw me. I won't spoil it, but it is a good mystery and a great read!
Cuando el lujoso Tren Azul llega a Niza, un guardia intenta despertar a Ruth Kettering para anunciarle su parada. Pero ella no despertará nunca más, ya que un disparo de gran calibre la ha matado, desfigurando sus rasgos hasta volverla casi irreconocible. Además, sus valiosÃsimos rubÃes han desaparecido. El principal sospechoso del crimen es el arruinado marido de la dama, Derek. Pero Poirot no está convencido, y decide hacer una reconstrucción de ese dÃa hasta llegar a la clave del asesinato... Belongs to SeriesHercule Poirot (5) Belongs to Publisher SeriesLe Masque (122) — 9 more Nova terra (65) Penguin Books (691) Pocket Books (38) Pocket Mystery/Suspense (82331) SaPo (162) Vampiro (218) Is contained inPerilous Journeys of Hercule Poirot: Death on the Nile, Murder in Mesopotamia, Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie Murder on Board: Three Complete Mystery Novels: The Mystery of the Blue Train / What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw / Death in the Air by Agatha Christie Murderers Abroad: They Came to Baghdad / Murder in Mesopotamia / The Mystery of the Blue Train / Passenger to Frankfurt / So Many Steps To Death by Agatha Christie Agatha Christie Crime Collection: The Listerdale Mystery / The Murder at the Vicarage / The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie 1920s Agatha Christie, Vol. 3: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The Big Four, The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie A Poirot Quintet: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd; The Mystery of the Blue Train; Dumb Witness; After the Funeral; Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie Poirot: The French Collection: Death in the Clouds / The Mystery of the Blue Train / The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie The Murder at the Vicarage / The Mystery of the Blue Train / Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie Has the adaptation
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HTML: Robbery and brutal murder aboard a luxury transport ensnares the ever-attentive Hercule Poirot in The Mystery of the Blue Train, from Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake againâ??for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing. The prime suspect is Ruth's estranged husband, Derek. Yet Hercule Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie reenactment of the journey, complete with the murderer on board. . . . No library descriptions found. |
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The second half picked up a bit, and I didn't completely solve the mystery, so it was a solid read, overall.
However, it did contain some profanity, including God's name used as an exclamation. ( )