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Sept 25: The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) by Agatha Christie
By Susan · 17 posts · 20 views
By Susan · 17 posts · 20 views
last updated Sep 25, 2025 01:00PM
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Sept 25: The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) - SPOILER Thread
By Susan · 13 posts · 22 views
By Susan · 13 posts · 22 views
last updated Sep 16, 2025 12:58PM
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Sep 26, 2017
John Frankham
rated it
liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
crime-detective,
miss-marple-challenge
Hard to judge this when I have seen the BBC Joan Hickson version a few times. Maybe 3* is a little low, but Miss Marple is, for the most part, no different from the neutral protagonists in many of Christie's stand alone works. Well-plotted but too many stock characters, and not enough to care about.
The GR blurb (pretty poor):
'Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when a yo ...more
The GR blurb (pretty poor):
'Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when a yo ...more
Good Marple’s book
Not as slow as other Marple’s
However, the ending is kind of predictable compared to other Christie’s
Not as slow as other Marple’s
However, the ending is kind of predictable compared to other Christie’s
Mar 19, 2016
Marylou (As the Page Turns)
marked it as someday-ill-read-ya
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Jul 27, 2016
John
rated it
really liked it
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Shelves:
detective,
agatha-christie
Oct 10, 2017
Catherine
rated it
liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
miss-marple-challenge,
s-read
Dec 25, 2017
Mike Penlington
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
wtd,
miss-marple
May 24, 2019
Bob
rated it
it was amazing
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Shelves:
audiobooks,
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