The Plymouth Express Affair
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- First published
- 1923
- Pages
- 17Digital editionReference edition
- Reading time
- About 20 minutes
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- 3 of 10
A little about the story
A young naval officer finds a woman’s body under the seat of a train compartment. She is Flossie Carrington, the daughter of an American millionaire, and her jewels are missing. Hercule Poirot is called in.
It’s a short, clever Poirot story by Agatha Christie, later expanded into her novel The Mystery of the Blue Train.
Is it for you?
You’ll enjoy it if you like
- Hercule Poirot
- train mysteries
- short puzzles
Maybe not if you want a long novel.
Where to start
Read it before The Mystery of the Blue Train, which expands the same plot.
Things You May Not Know About The Plymouth Express Affair
- Later a novel. Christie expanded the plot into The Mystery of the Blue Train in 1928.
- Published in The Sketch. It first appeared in the magazine in 1923.
- Train mysteries. Christie loved trains, and later wrote Murder on the Orient Express.
- Very short. It’s around 17 pages long.
About this edition
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