The Mystery of the Blue Train
Description
Poirot takes a train to France and find himself embroiled in an adventure of murder and mayhem in this exciting new comic strip adaptation. Famed for her crime masterpieces, Agatha Christiea??s books have become the best-selling in the world, appealing to readers young and old for their ingenious plots and immediately recognizable characters. The stories have also transcended the printed page, become bestselling audiobooks and award-winning films, plays and television series. Now words and pictures combine in an exciting new way of telling these stories a?? full-colour graphic novels which enhance the original stories and offer a completely new way of enjoying some of the worlda??s most popular and exciting mysteries. When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again a?? for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing. The prime suspect is Rutha??s estranged husband, Derek. Yet Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie re-enactment of the journey, complete with the murderer on boarda?|
A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris and a priceless cache of rubies becomes destined for his beloved daughter Rachel. Two days later Rachel is dead - murdered on a train on her way to the Riviera to meet her scoundrel lover. The suspects line up, only master slueth Hercule Poirot can unravel the mystery and find the truth.
"BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation starring June Whitfield as the deceptively mild spinster sleuth. Another classic thriller from the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie."
Agatha Christie_s audacious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman_s throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away.But who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses_ and no corpse.
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...
On the luxurious Blue Train, beautiful American heiress Ruth Kettering's dire predictions come true--she's murdered. With few clues, Hercule Poirot must look into Ruth's startling secret life.
For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that moment Elspeth witnessed a murder. Only Miss Marple will believe her story, after all there were no suspects, no other witnesses and no body.
Agatha Christie is still considered the undisputed queen of crime.
For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around the woman's throat. The body crumpled. The other train sped off.
Sensible Elspeth McGillicuddy is not given to hallucinations. Until she boards the Paddington Station train and becomes a witness to an apparent murder. Or did she? No one believes her but her friend-the indomitable sleuth Miss Jane Marple.
When Elspeth McGillicuddy is the only witness to a brutal murder-for which not even a body is in evidence-it takes all of Miss Marple's remarkable ingenuity to discover the key to a secret which lies buried within a decaying country house.
Through the window of her first-class coach, Mrs. McGillicuddysees a woman being strangled in a passing train, No onebelieves her except her good friend Miss Marple. Now theinimitable sleuth must find a body and match wits with a killer
When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again - for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing.The prime suspect is Ruth
When the train stops, the jewel is missing, and the woman is found dead in her compartment.
A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris and a priceless cache of rubies becomes destined for his beloved daughter Rachel. Two days later Rachel is dead - murdered on a train on her way to the Riviera to meet her scoundrel lover. The suspects line up, only master slueth Hercule Poirot can unravel the mystery and find the truth.
"BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation starring June Whitfield as the deceptively mild spinster sleuth. Another classic thriller from the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie."
Agatha Christie_s audacious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman_s throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away.But who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses_ and no corpse.
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...
On the luxurious Blue Train, beautiful American heiress Ruth Kettering's dire predictions come true--she's murdered. With few clues, Hercule Poirot must look into Ruth's startling secret life.
For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that moment Elspeth witnessed a murder. Only Miss Marple will believe her story, after all there were no suspects, no other witnesses and no body.
Agatha Christie is still considered the undisputed queen of crime.
For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around the woman's throat. The body crumpled. The other train sped off.
Sensible Elspeth McGillicuddy is not given to hallucinations. Until she boards the Paddington Station train and becomes a witness to an apparent murder. Or did she? No one believes her but her friend-the indomitable sleuth Miss Jane Marple.
When Elspeth McGillicuddy is the only witness to a brutal murder-for which not even a body is in evidence-it takes all of Miss Marple's remarkable ingenuity to discover the key to a secret which lies buried within a decaying country house.
Through the window of her first-class coach, Mrs. McGillicuddysees a woman being strangled in a passing train, No onebelieves her except her good friend Miss Marple. Now theinimitable sleuth must find a body and match wits with a killer
When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again - for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing.The prime suspect is Ruth
When the train stops, the jewel is missing, and the woman is found dead in her compartment.
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Editions
Vlak Z Paddington.
ISBN-10: 8071763845 ISBN-13: 9788071763840 - Czechoslovakia
4.50 from Paddington
(Listen for Pleasure [English])ISBN-10: 185848233X ISBN-13: 9781858482330 - English
Audio Cassette
Mystery Of The Blue Train
(Amereon LTD., USA [English])ISBN-10: 0848821386 ISBN-13: 9780848821388 - English
Pages: 306; hardback
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, Bk 6)
(Pocket Books [English])ISBN-10: 0671774492 ISBN-13: 9780671774493 - English
paperback
The Mystery of the Blue Train
(Ulverscroft Large Print Books, Limited [English])ISBN-10: 0854564381 ISBN-13: 9780854564385 - English
Hardcover
Mystery Of The Blue Train
(1 January 1955, Perma-Bound Books, USA [English])ISBN-10: 0605104115 ISBN-13: 9780605104112 - English
hardback
4.50 from Paddington (The Christie Collection)
(1960, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd [English])ISBN-10: 0006157629 ISBN-13: 9780006157625 - English
Pages: 224; Ppb.
4.50 from Paddington (A Miss Marple story) (Pan)
(1960, Pan Books [English])ISBN-10: 0330238914 ISBN-13: 9780330238915 - English
Pages: 220; Ppb.
4.50 From Paddington
(1 April 1965, Ulverscroft Large Print Books,, GBR [English])ISBN-10: 0854564748 ISBN-13: 9780854564743 - English
Pages: 391; hardback
4.50 From Paddington
(1965, Thorpe [English])ISBN-10: 0854567755 ISBN-13: 9780854567751 - English
Pages: 256
THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN
(1969, Fontana [English])ISBN-10: 0006119832 ISBN-13: 9780006119838 - English
Pages: 256
4.50 from Paddington
(1 April 1970, Harpercollins Distribution Services [English])ISBN-10: 000611511X ISBN-13: 9780006115113 - English
Pages: 192; paperback
4.50 from Paddington.
(1972, Collins for the Crime Club [English])ISBN-10: 0002442345 ISBN-13: 9780002442343 - English
The Mystery of the Blue Train
(1973, W. Clement Stone [English])ISBN-10: 0396068170 ISBN-13: 9780396068174 - English
Audio Cassette
The Mystery of the Blue Train (The Christie Collection)
(4 November 1985, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, GBR [English])ISBN-10: 0006170765 ISBN-13: 9780006170761 - English
Pages: 232; Ppb.
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Digest) (Hercule Poirot)
(5 July 2006, Berkley, USA [English])ISBN-10: 0425210782 ISBN-13: 9780425210789 - English
Pages: 352; Ppb.
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot Series)
(22 May 1976, Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group [English])ISBN-10: 0671427814 ISBN-13: 9780671427818 - English
The mystery of the blue train
(1976, Ulverscroft [English])ID: OL22962121M
Pages: 423
Ystery of the blue train
(1979, Fontana [English])ISBN-10: 0006154905 ISBN-13: 9780006154907 - English
Pages: 220
Mystery of the blue train
(1981, Pan [English])ISBN-10: 0330264397 ISBN-13: 9780330264396 - English
Pages: 224
4:50 from Paddington: A Miss Marple Mystery
(6 December 1982, Putnam Pub Group [English])ISBN-10: 039608110X ISBN-13: 9780396081104 - English
The 4:50 From Paddington (Previously title: What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!)
(1 December 1992, Harpercollins (Mm), USA [English])ISBN-10: 0061003832 ISBN-13: 9780061003837 - English
Pages: 272; Mass Market Paperback
Mystery Of The Blue Train
(1 December 1987, Random House Publishing Group, USA [English])ISBN-10: 0553350684 ISBN-13: 9780553350685 - English
hardback
The Mystery of the Blue Train
(9 January 1989, Pocket Books [English])ISBN-10: 0671702645 ISBN-13: 9780671702649 - English
Pages: 224; Mass Market Paperbound
Mystery Of The Blue Train
(1 January 1991, San Val, Incorporated, USA [English])ISBN-10: 0785748830 ISBN-13: 9780785748830 - English
hardback
The Mystery of the Blue Train
(1 December 1991, Berkley, USA [English])ISBN-10: 0425130266 ISBN-13: 9780425130261 - English
Pages: 288; Mass Market Paperback
Mystery Of The Blue Train
(1 January 1991, San Val, Incorporated, USA [English])ISBN-10: 0606124454 ISBN-13: 9780606124454 - English
hardback
The Mystery of the Blue Train
(3 January 1991, G. K. Hall & Company [English])ISBN-10: 0816145792 ISBN-13: 9780816145799 - English
Pages: 350; Hardcover
The Mystery of the Blue Train
(3 January 1992, Macmillan Library Reference [English])ISBN-10: 0816145806 ISBN-13: 9780816145805 - English
Pages: 391; Hardcover
THE 4:50 FROM PADDINGTON
(1 August 2008, Dodd, Mead & Company, GBR [English])ISBN-10: 0007294069 ISBN-13: 9780007294060 - English
Audio CD
Mystery Of The Blue Train
(1 July 1993, Random House Audio Publishing, USA [English])ISBN-10: 0553471813 ISBN-13: 9780553471816 - English
Mystery of the blue train
(1995, CollinsChildren'sBooks [English])ISBN-10: 0006751342 ISBN-13: 9780006751342 - English
Pages: 232

Mystery of the Blue Train - Agatha Christie Collection S. v. 9
(10 July 1997, Collins Crime, GBR [English])ISBN-10: 0002315246 ISBN-13: 9780002315241 - English
Pages: 232
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot Series)
(11 May 1999, Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group [English])ISBN-10: 0671829661 ISBN-13: 9780671829667 - English
4.50 from Paddington
(1 July 2000, Penguin Putnam Inc, USA [English])ISBN-10: 0451200519 ISBN-13: 9780451200518 - English
Pages: 224; Size: 180 X 110; paperback
Fifty4:50 From Paddington
(1 July 2000, San Val, Incorporated, USA [English])ISBN-10: 1417646004 ISBN-13: 9781417646005 - English
hardback
4.50 From Paddington
(9 August 2001, Audio Partners Publishing Corp, USA [English])ISBN-10: 1572702281 ISBN-13: 9781572702288 - English
Audio, cassette
450 from Paddington: A Miss Marple Mystery
(1 September 2001, Bbc Audiobooks, USA [English])ISBN-10: 157270229X ISBN-13: 9781572702295 - English
Compact Disc

Mystery of the Blue Train - Poirot
(5 November 2001, Harper, GBR [English])ISBN-10: 0007120761 ISBN-13: 9780007120765 - English
Pages: 240
The Mystery of the Blue Train: Complete & Unabridged
John Moffatt(1 December 2001, Chivers Press Ltd [English])
ISBN-10: 0754007472 ISBN-13: 9780754007470 - English
Audio Cassette

4.50 from Paddington
Joanna David(22 March 2002, Macmillan Audio Books, AUS [English])
ISBN-10: 0333908503 ISBN-13: 9780333908501 - English

4.50 from Paddington - Miss Marple
(4 March 2002, HarperCollins Publishers, GBR [English])ISBN-10: 0007120826 ISBN-13: 9780007120826 - English
Pages: 224; Size: 178 X 111

4.50 from Paddington: Complete & Unabridged - Agatha Christie Signature Edition S.
Joan Hickson(16 September 2002, HarperCollins Audio, USA [English])
ISBN-10: 0007145314 ISBN-13: 9780007145317 - English
Pages: 6
The Mystery of the Blue Train
(2002, Chivers Audio Books [English])ISBN-10: 0754054764 ISBN-13: 9780754054764 - English

4.50 from Paddington - Agatha Christie Collection S.
(2 January 2002, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, GBR [English])ISBN-10: 0002312840 ISBN-13: 9780002312844 - English
Pages: 221
4.50 from Paddington
(2002, Fontana [English])ISBN-10: 0006167195 ISBN-13: 9780006167198 - English
Pages: 189; Ppb.

Mystery of the Blue Train
Hugh Fraser(22 April 2003, HarperCollins Audio, USA [English])
ISBN-10: 0007155220 ISBN-13: 9780007155224 - English
Mystery Of The Blue Train
(17 December 2003, Audio Partners Publishing Corp, USA [English])ISBN-10: 1572703555 ISBN-13: 9781572703551 - English
Audio, cassette
The Mystery of the Blue Train
(1 January 2004, Bbc Audiobooks, USA [English])ISBN-10: 1572703563 ISBN-13: 9781572703568 - English
Compact Disc
4.50 From Paddington
(2004, HarperCollins [English])ISBN-10: 0060752211 ISBN-13: 9780060752217 - English

Languages: English (70) German (23) French (15) Spanish (9) Italian (5) Czech (1)
Countries: USA, GBR
Bindings: Audio Cassette, hardback, paperback, Hardcover, Ppb.
Publication years: 1955-2004
Pages: 6-423
Multimedia: Making it Work (by Tay Vaughan)
Countries: USA, GBR
Bindings: Audio Cassette, hardback, paperback, Hardcover, Ppb.
Publication years: 1955-2004
Pages: 6-423
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