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      The Mystery of the Blue Train

      by Agatha Christie
      Published
      Jan 1928
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      Private Investigator Private Investigator
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      Hercule Poirot Mysteries Book 6

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      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 lovely American heiress--bailing out of a doomed marriage--is en route to reconcile with her former lover. But by morning, the young bride's private affairs are made public when she's found murdered in her luxury compartment. The rumor 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...

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      Book 6
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      General Fiction Suspense

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      Mystery Police Procedural Private Investigator

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