The Mystery of the Blue Train / Murder on the Links / Hickory Dickory Dock
Name : The Mystery of the Blue Train / Murder on the Links / Hickory Dickory Dock Author : Agatha Christie Year of Publication : 1928/1923/1955 Genre : Fiction, Thriller , Detective Fiction Rating : ****/***/** (3,2 and 2 stars out of 5, respectively) While the ingenuity and restless creativity of Agatha Christie are not in question, the exercise indulged in by yours truly to complete the entire canon of Hercule Poirot has gotten rather tiring. The author's depiction of non-English characters in "Hickory Dickory Dock" is rather cliched. "Murder on the links" is too convoluted and unreal, even for an Agatha Christie plot. "The Mystery of the Blue train" has its charm especially because the murder happens in a train. It is a pity that Agatha Christie could not write a murder mystery based in the Outer Space because all other possibilities on Earth have been explored by her.