The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
I just finished reading THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN by Agatha Christie. Really enjoyed it, and highly recommended! Superbly well-constructed book.
It had two quotes I really liked:
“You tell your lies and you think nobody knows. But there are two people who know. Yes – two people. One is le bon Dieu -” He raised a hand to heaven, and then settling himself back in his chair and shutting his eyelids, he murmured comfortably: “And the other is Hercule Poirot.”
Now that is a boast! Of course, it’s not really a boast if he can back it up, which he does.
I also really liked this quote:
“Ah, but that is always so,” said Poirot quietly. “A mirror shows the truth, but everyone stands in a different place for looking into the mirror.”
I’ve read a lot of my books over my life, but I didn’t see the ending coming in this one. That usually happens for me in Agatha Christie books. I’ve only successfully guessed the murderer in her books once, and that was because so many other writers have emulated the particular story trope she used.
-JM
I have never actually read any of Agatha Christie’s books, another one for the list I guess.
They’re definitely worth the read. I’d recommend starting with MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, THE ABC MURDERS, THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, or AND THEN THERE WERE NONE.