Review: The Mystery of the Blue Train

The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Published: first published 1928
Author: Agatha Christie
Recommended for: fans of murder mysteries.

This is one of the lesser known novels by Agatha Christie that she wrote in a slight rush as she needed the money to support herself and her daughter, although she herself didn't think that this way anywhere near her best work I was eager to read it as I am with all Agatha Christie novels. I think that she was being abit hard on herself, it wasnt her best but it certainly wasn't a rubbish book to read (in my opinion).
This is a novel featuring the brilliant, intelligent Hercule Poirot where he starts the novel on a train journey to the Riviera where he meets Ruth Kettering, an american heiress. The next morning all her private affairs are known to the public as she is found murdered in her compartment, all Poirot has to go on is a suspicious man hanging around the victim, which as we know is more than enough for Poirot to find out who it was and as soon as he starts to investigate the secrets of Ruth Ketterings life comes to light.




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