{"product_id":"the-plymouth-express-affair","title":"The Plymouth Express Affair","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA body on the train. A millionaire’s daughter. Poirot’s little gray cells race against time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA naval officer boards the Plymouth Express, settles in for a quiet journey, and notices a faint smell of chloroform. He thinks nothing of it—until he tries to shove his suitcase under the seat and finds something blocking the way. A moment later, a cry rings out, the communication cord is pulled, and the great train comes to an unwilling halt in the night.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mysteryshows.com\/BBC-And-British-Shows\/Agatha-Christie\/~%20Ebooks%20-%20Agatha%20Christie\/The%20Plymouth%20Express%20Affair%20-%20Agatha%20Christie.pdf#2#1\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe victim is Flossie Halliday, the Honourable Mrs. Rupert Carrington, daughter of an American steel millionaire. She was rich, beautiful, and traveling with a hundred thousand dollars' worth of jewels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mysteryshows.com\/BBC-And-British-Shows\/Agatha-Christie\/~%20Ebooks%20-%20Agatha%20Christie\/The%20Plymouth%20Express%20Affair%20-%20Agatha%20Christie.pdf#2#1\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e She is also dead—chloroformed, stabbed, and stuffed under a seat. Her jewel case is missing. Her husband is a gambling-addicted scoundrel who stood to inherit her fortune. Her former flame, a charming French adventurer, has resurfaced. Her maid tells a strange story about a mysterious man in the compartment at Bristol.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEnter Hercule Poirot. He has done work for old man Halliday before. He remembers Flossie as \"la jolie petite pensionnaire\" from Paris. He also remembers the Count de la Rochefour, \"a bad hat\" who nearly lured her into a disastrous affair years ago.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mysteryshows.com\/BBC-And-British-Shows\/Agatha-Christie\/~%20Ebooks%20-%20Agatha%20Christie\/The%20Plymouth%20Express%20Affair%20-%20Agatha%20Christie.pdf#2#1\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Halliday wants justice. Poirot wants the truth. He will not leave his armchair. He will not dust for fingerprints. He will sit, arrange his little grey cells, and wait for the facts to arrange themselves into a pattern.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThis is Christie at her most economical and cunning. The story barrels along like the train itself, planting clues, misdirecting attention, and building toward a solution that hinges on a single, almost invisible detail—a detail Poirot spots not on the railway line, but in the psychology of a witness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/agathachristie.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Plymouth_Express#Plot_summary\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFirst published in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Sketch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e in April 1923, later collected in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePoirot's Early Cases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1974)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/agathachristie.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Plymouth_Express#Plot_summary\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eLater expanded by Christie into the full-length novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Mystery of the Blue Train\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1928)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.agathachristie.com\/stories\/the-mystery-of-the-plymouth-express\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAdapted into a 1991 episode of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAgatha Christie's Poirot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e starring David Suchet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/agathachristie.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Plymouth_Express_(Agatha_Christie%27s_Poirot_episode)#Filming_Locations\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the best mysteries are solved not by running around, but by sitting still and thinking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAgatha Christie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1890–1976) was an English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright, widely regarded as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her works have sold over two billion copies worldwide, outranked only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She created two of the most famous detectives in fiction: the meticulous Belgian Hercule Poirot and the sharp-eyed amateur Miss Jane Marple. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Plymouth Express Affair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e was written during Christie's creative peak in the early 1920s, the same period that produced \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1926). She died in 1976 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54786115567988,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54786115600756,"sku":null,"price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54786115633524,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54786115666292,"sku":null,"price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/ThePlymouthExpressAffair_AgathaChristie_Ebook_0abf97ad-83eb-4fac-bbdd-1f89685f99f7.png?v=1781263870","url":"https:\/\/casacarlini.com\/products\/the-plymouth-express-affair","provider":"Casa Carlini","version":"1.0","type":"link"}