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A review by saareman
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
3.0
Murder on a Train
Review of the HarperAudio audiobook (July 3, 2012) narrated by [a:Hugh Fraser|52942|Hugh Fraser|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1489763877p2/52942.jpg] of the William Collins and Sons hardcover original (1928).
I had several hours of driving to do this past weekend, so I wanted to make use of the down time by getting in an audiobook on the road. Fortunately I had this early Hercule Poirot in reserve from an Audible Daily Deal back in July 2024. It had the enhanced authenticity of being narrated by actor Hugh Fraser who played Hastings, Poirot's occasional 'Watson' in the TV series featuring David Suchet. Hastings himself does not appear in this novel. Fraser was excellent in all voices and accents throughout.
The story itself is quite straightforward, a woman travelling on the French luxury "Blue Train" is found dead in her compartment. Several people were seen talking to her the previous evening and the witnesses are interviewed. Her jewel case is also missing, leading the police to suspect robbery as the motive for the murder. But there are complications as she was planning to divorce her husband AND she had a lover, who was perhaps a bit of a shady character. The woman's father asks Poirot to investigate, and there are a few possible culprits.
After various interviews, Poirot gathers the parties together for the reveal. I have to say that the solution seemed completely out of the blue and involved characters that I had not suspected at all along the way. I don't see how anyone could have spotted the clues before Poirot explained it all. Of course I may not have been able to follow as closely as I should have while driving
Review of the HarperAudio audiobook (July 3, 2012) narrated by [a:Hugh Fraser|52942|Hugh Fraser|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1489763877p2/52942.jpg] of the William Collins and Sons hardcover original (1928).
I had several hours of driving to do this past weekend, so I wanted to make use of the down time by getting in an audiobook on the road. Fortunately I had this early Hercule Poirot in reserve from an Audible Daily Deal back in July 2024. It had the enhanced authenticity of being narrated by actor Hugh Fraser who played Hastings, Poirot's occasional 'Watson' in the TV series featuring David Suchet. Hastings himself does not appear in this novel. Fraser was excellent in all voices and accents throughout.
The story itself is quite straightforward, a woman travelling on the French luxury "Blue Train" is found dead in her compartment. Several people were seen talking to her the previous evening and the witnesses are interviewed. Her jewel case is also missing, leading the police to suspect robbery as the motive for the murder. But there are complications as she was planning to divorce her husband AND she had a lover, who was perhaps a bit of a shady character. The woman's father asks Poirot to investigate, and there are a few possible culprits.
After various interviews, Poirot gathers the parties together for the reveal. I have to say that the solution seemed completely out of the blue and involved characters that I had not suspected at all along the way. I don't see how anyone could have spotted the clues before Poirot explained it all. Of course I may not have been able to follow as closely as I should have while driving