Hardcover, 320 pages
English language
Published March 29, 2007 by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers.
Bound for the Riviera, detective Hercule Poirot has boarded Le Train Bleu, an elegant, leisurely means of travel, free of intrigue. Then he meets Ruth Kettering. The American heiress bailing out of a doomed marriage is en route to reconcile with her former lover. But by morning, her private affairs are made public when she is found murdered in her luxury compartment. The rumour of a strange man loitering in the victim's shadow is all Poirot has to go on. Until Mrs. Kettering's secret life begins to unfold...
I must have subconsciously remembered who the murderer was, because I figured it out and that usually doesn’t happen with Agatha Christie stories. I feel like there were a few rather obvious hints though. A great book and I enjoyed this long overdue re-read very much.
Just another day at the office for Hercule Poirot. A fine and complex mystery... involving yet another train.
