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The Mystery of the Blue Train

by Agatha Christie · 1928

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A mysterious woman, a legendary cursed jewel, and a night train to the Mediterranean — ingredients for the perfect romance or the perfect crime? When the train stops, the jewel is missing, and the woman is found dead in her compartment. It's the perfect mystery, filled with passion, greed, deceit. And Hercule Poirot is the perfect detective to solve it...

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Themes
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adult
Length
medium · 317 pages

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