Mystery of the Blue Train - Agatha Christie Pools the Mighty Nein

the Mighty Nein

best-selling author and Tolkien expert David Day explores Tolkien's portrayal of evil

Jerome Burnel was once a hero

in a desolate world which frighteningly echoes our own

as dangerous as a knife in the dark

Mystery of the Blue Train - Agatha Christie Pools the Mighty NeinThe daughter of an American millionaire dies on a train en route for Nice. When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing. The prime suspect is Ruth's estranged husband, Derek. Yet Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie