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Sept 25: The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) by Agatha Christie
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This was a fun but not brilliant stand-alone Christie novel.
Not one of Dame Agatha's best ones, but still, an enjoyable read nonetheless.
We follow Bobby and Frankie (Lady Frances), the son of a vicar and the daughter of an aristocrat in this caper of sorts. Bobby, while playing golf, discovers the form of a John Doe who appears to have fallen off the cliff where the course is situated. The only declaration the dying man utters is to ask ' Why didn't they ask Evans?'. Events involving items found on the soon-to-be dead stranger's person, and other suspic ...more
We follow Bobby and Frankie (Lady Frances), the son of a vicar and the daughter of an aristocrat in this caper of sorts. Bobby, while playing golf, discovers the form of a John Doe who appears to have fallen off the cliff where the course is situated. The only declaration the dying man utters is to ask ' Why didn't they ask Evans?'. Events involving items found on the soon-to-be dead stranger's person, and other suspic ...more
As much as I do love Christie's books, I did find this to be not one of her best. I believe she wrote this pretty early on, and that would explain why it felt so unpolished, unlike the books where she had got into her stride. There is quite a bit of action in this book, but poor Bobby and Frankie did seem a bit dim at times. The plot was complicated, but the coincidences were far-fetched. A good read but not a great one
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Dec 13, 2015
Lesley
rated it
really liked it
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golden-age-mysteries
May 28, 2022
Abigail
rated it
it was amazing
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read-agatha-christie-2022
