The Plymouth Express, Agatha Christie
The Plymouth Express, Agatha Christie
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The Plymouth Express
A Hercule Poirot Short Story

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: David Suchet

Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 12/26/2012


Synopsis

When Ebenezer Halliday's daughter's body is found stuffed underneath a train seat, the wealthy American industrialist hires Hercule Poirot to locate the murderer and over one hundred thousand dollars' worth of stolen jewels.

About Agatha Christie

What a daunting task to write about the most famous mystery writer, Agatha Christie. She was born in 1890 in England, where she was home schooled by her American father. It was an unusual way to be educated for the times. Her father did not want her to begin learning to read until age eight, but out of boredom, she taught herself to read by age five.

In his research, Curran found a plethora of information about Agatha. He outlines many of those interesting facts. Since there are so many, just a few will be mentioned here. Agatha could have been an excellent performer as a pianist, but she was much too shy to perform. She once had three plays running simultaneously in London. She traveled around the world in 1922, which would have been quite a feat back then. Agatha loved dogs. She has a rose named after her. She never did drink alcohol nor smoked. Her last public appearance was in 1974, at the premier of the movie, Murder on the Orient Express. Agatha Christie's name has appeared every day for 53 years in every newspaper with a West End London theatre listing. Her favorite flower was Lily of the Valley. The information about this illustrious author goes on and on. It is a great asset to readers that author John Curran wrote the definitive book about an iconic author. One other interesting fact was that Agatha met Archie Christie in 1912, married on Christmas Eve 1914, spending their honeymoon at The Grand Hotel in Torquay, but Archie returned to France on Dec 27th due to the War. Agatha and Archie fid not really experience married life until he was posted at the London War Office. Agatha has been quoted as saying only then did she feel that her married life truly began.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on March 09, 2025

An heiress is murdered on a train and her grieving father hires Poirot to find her killer. Was it her soon to be ex-husband, her con man lover, or someone else entirely? Poirot will stroke his mustaches and Hastings will misread every clue, but at the end of the story, the guilty will be punished. The......more

Goodreads review by Jack on March 09, 2025

3 Stars. Before easy-to-use guidance systems on hand-held computers, did people get lost on the UK's National Rail? "Do I get off at Station X? Is that before J? Is it even on Line T?" One of Christie's best is 'The A.B.C. Murders' but, in that one, she mercifully doesn't trot out lists of obscure s......more

Goodreads review by Razvan on September 28, 2023

One or two interesting ideas from Poirot, and that's all. Nobody, Agatha included, can always maintain a high standard. PS: The novel based on this story was one of Agatha's poorest.........more

Goodreads review by itsdanixx on September 23, 2019

A lot of bad things happen on trains.......more

Goodreads review by Julie on December 31, 2020

This story is the 5th Hercule Poirot short story. It was first published in the UK in April 1923 in The Sketch magazine. US publication followed in January 1924 (The Blue Magazine). Christie later fleshed out the plot a bit, changed characters and some basics to form the novel The Mystery of the Blu......more