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The Plymouth Express Affair

by Agatha Christie

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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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