We look at “The Mystery of the Blue Train” (2013) and Christie’s hardest novel to write (ep. 21)

Warning: SPOILERS!

In her autobiography, Agatha Christie said she thought less of a reader who loved “The Mystery of the Blue Train.” She wrote it to meet her publisher’s deadline, and finishing it made her realize that she was a professional writer, not a housewife who wrote.

Teresa and I look at the “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” adaptation of “Blue Train,” starring Elliot Gould. This precursor contains many of the seeds that Christie would explore in “Murder on the Orient Express,” with beautiful scenery of the south of France.

“Agatha Christie, They Watch” reviews the adaptations of Agatha Christie’s novels in chronological order.

Teresa Peschel, author of "Agatha Christie, She Watched" and the "International Agatha Christie, She Watched," hosts our livestream. Joining Teresa is her husband, technical adviser, and straight man, Bill Peschel. Together, they are Peschel Press, publisher of intriguing, intelligent, and idiosyncratic books (www.peschelpress.com).

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NEXT WEEK: “Murder at the Vicarage” (1986), starring Joan Hickson from “Miss Marple.”

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