agatha christie's poirot the mystery of the blue train

Poirot boards Le Train Bleu, bound for the French Riviera. The book also features the first appearance of Poirot’s valet, George. It also features the first appearance of the minor recurring character, Mr Goby, who would later appear in After the Funeral and Third Girl. It was the first short story of Christie’s detective Miss Marple. Mary Mead, which had originally appeared in “The Tuesday Night Club” published in December 1927. This novel features the first mention, in a novel, of the fictional village of St. The novel’s plot is based on the 1923 Poirot short story “The Plymouth Express” (later collected in book form in the US in 1951 in The Under Dog and Other Stories and in the UK in 1974 in Poirot’s Early Cases). The novel’s heroine, Katherine Grey, comes from the fictional village of St Mary Mead, which just happens to be the name of the hometown of Agatha Christie’s second most famous crime-solving sleuth, Jane Marple, whose character was introduced after this novel was published. The novel features the murder of an American heiress on Le Train Bleu, the titular “Blue Train”. The book features her detective Hercule Poirot. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00. The Mystery of the Blue Train is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by William Collins & Sons on 29 March 1928 and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year.

Agatha christie's poirot the mystery of the blue train