The Mystery of the Blue Train

The Mystery of the Blue Train, Masterpiece ed--------------------------------------------------The daughter of an American millionaire dies on a train en route forNice! When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attemptsto wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will neverwake again -- for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her featuresalmost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing.The prime suspect is Ruth's estranged husband, Derek. Yet Poirot isnot convinced, so he stages an eerie re-enactment of the journey, completewith the murderer on board!--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became,quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel,The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the FirstWorld War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the mostpopular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is knownthroughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold overa billion copies in the English language and another billion in over100 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and shortstory collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of MaryWestmacott.