The Mystery of the Blue Train

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The Mystery of the Blue Train is an Agatha Christie detective novel featuring Hercule Poirot as he investigates a murder and jewel theft aboard a luxurious French train.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime fiction
novel
adaptation television adaptation
adaptedIn Agatha Christie's Poirot television series
author Agatha Christie
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Hercule Poirot
firstPublicationDate 1928
followedBy Peril at End House
genre detective fiction
mystery fiction
hasCoverArt various editions by different artists
hasCrime murder
theft
hasInvestigator Hercule Poirot
hasLocation train compartment
hasMotive inheritance
jealousy
hasTheme identity and deception
romantic entanglements
wealth and greed
hasVictim Ruth Kettering
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryPeriod Golden Age of Detective Fiction
mainCharacter Hercule Poirot
Katherine Grey
Rufus Van Aldin
Ruth Kettering
medium print
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableElement complex alibi construction
luxury train setting
twist ending
originalPublicationYear 1928
partOfSeries Hercule Poirot series
plotElement jewel theft
murder on a train
stolen rubies
precededBy The Big Four
protagonistRole Hercule Poirot investigates a murder
publisher Collins Crime Club
setting Blue Train
France
French Riviera
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriodOfSetting 1920s

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Hercule Poirot appearsInWork The Mystery of the Blue Train
Elizabeth McGovern notableWork Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Mystery of the Blue Train
linked to: The Mystery of the Blue Train
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller notableWork The Mystery of the Blue Train
Peril at End House precededBy The Mystery of the Blue Train
The Big Four followedBy The Mystery of the Blue Train