The Mystery of the Blue Train

Front cover nearly detached, some edge wear, chipping at base of spine, spine appears to be cracked at about the quarter mark. Pages tanned but text is clean and unmarked. ;
Pocket # 38, unpaginated. ; Hercule Poirot; 5" - 6" Tall; Poirot boards Le Train Bleu, bound for the French Riviera. So does Katherine Grey, who is having her first winter out of England, after recently receiving a relatively large inheritance. On board the train Grey meets Ruth Kettering, an American heiress leaving her unhappy marriage to meet her lover. The next morning, though, Ruth is found dead in her compartment, a victim of strangulation. The famous ruby, "Heart of Fire", which had recently been given to Ruth by her father, is discovered to be missing. Ruth's father, the American millionaire Rufus Van Aldin, and his secretary, Major Knighton, persuade Poirot to take on the case. Ruth's maid, Ada Mason, says she saw a man in Ruth's compartment but could not see who he was. The police suspect that Ruth's lover, the Comte de la Roche, killed her and stole the ruby, but Poirot does not think he is guilty. He is suspicious of Ruth's husband, Derek Kettering, who was on the same train but claims not to have seen Ruth."
Poirot investigates .

Product Info

Publisher: Pocket Books

Year: 1948

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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