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" The mystery of the Blue Train : "
Agatha Christie.
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BL
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1035974
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b790344
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| Main Entry
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Christie, Agatha,1890-1976
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The mystery of the Blue Train : : a Hercule Poirot mystery /\ Agatha Christie.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers :: Distributed by Workman Pub. Co.,, 2007.
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, ©1928
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| Series Statement
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A Hercule Poirot mystery
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Agatha Christie collection
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317 pages ;; 22 cm.
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| ISBN
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0425130266
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: 1579126952
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: 9780425130261
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: 9781579126957
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Machine derived contents note: Contents -- 1 The Man with the White Hair 9 -- 2 M. le Marquis 16 -- 3 Heart of Fire 22 -- 4 In Curzon Street 28 -- 5 A Useful Gentleman 37 -- 6 Mirelle 49 -- 7 Letters 57 -- 8 Lady Tamplin Writes a Letter 67 -- 9 An Offer Refused 77 -- 10 On the Blue Train 84 -- 11 Murder 98 -- 12 At the Villa Marguerite 113 -- 13 Van Aldin Gets a Telegram 122 -- 14 Ada Mason's Story 128 -- 15 The Comte de la Roche 135 -- 16 Poirot Discusses the Case 143 -- 17 An Aristocratic Gentleman 142 -- 18 Derek Lunches 163 -- 19 An Unexpected Visitor 167 -- 20 Katherine Makes a Friend 176 -- 21 At the Tennis 183 -- 22 M. Papopolous Breakfasts 195 -- 23 A New Theory 202 -- 24 Poirot Gives Advice 207 -- 25 Defiance 215 -- 26 A Warning 223 -- 27 Interview with Mirelle 232 -- 28 Poirot Plays the Squirrel 246 -- 29 A Letter from Home 259 -- 30 Miss Viner Gives Judgment 271 -- 31 Mr. Aarons Lunches 281 -- 32 Katherine and Poirot Compare Notes 286 -- 33 A New Theory 293 -- 34 The Blue Train Again 297 -- 35 Explanations 303 -- 36 By the Sea 315.
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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 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 ...
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Poirot, Hercule
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Poirot, Hercule
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Divorce, Fiction.
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Jewelry theft, Fiction.
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Married women-- Crimes against, Fiction.
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Private investigators-- England, Fiction.
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Railroad travel-- France, Fiction.
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Rich people-- Crimes against, Fiction.
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Divorce, Fiction.
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Divorce.
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Jewelry theft.
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Married women-- Crimes against.
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Private investigators.
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Railroad travel.
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Rich people-- Crimes against.
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England.
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France.
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| Dewey Classification
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823/.912
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| LC Classification
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PR6005.H66M95 2007
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