The Mystery of the Blue Train

The Mystery of the Blue Train
Dust-jacket illustration of the first UK edition
AuthorAgatha Christie
TranslatorMystery
Cover artistC. Morse (pseudonym of Salomon van Abbé)
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHercule Poirot
GenreMystery
PublisherWilliam Collins & Sons
Publication date
29 March 1928
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages296 pp (first edition, hardcover)
Preceded byThe Big Four 
Followed byPeril at End House 
TextThe Mystery of the Blue Train online

The Mystery of the Blue Train is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by William Collins & Sons on 29 March 1928[1] and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year.[2][3] The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6)[4] and the US edition at $2.00.[3] The book features her detective Hercule Poirot.

The novel concerns the murder of an American heiress on Le Train Bleu, the titular "Blue Train". The novel entered the public domain in the United States in 2024;[5] however, it will still be copyrighted in the United Kingdom until 1 January 2047, 70 years after the death of Agatha Christie.[citation needed]

  1. ^ The Observer, 25 March 1928 (p. 11)
  2. ^ John Cooper and B.A. Pyke. Detective Fiction – the collector's guide: Second Edition (pp. 82, 86) Scholar Press. 1994. ISBN 0-85967-991-8
  3. ^ a b American Tribute to Agatha Christie
  4. ^ The English Catalogue of Books. Vol XII (A-L: January 1926 – December 1930). Kraus Reprint Corporation, Millwood, New York, 1979 (p. 316)
  5. ^ "Public Domain Day 2024 | Duke University School of Law". web.law.duke.edu.