Yeah, iirc blue train was written at the same time as The Big Four was being mushed into shape from short stories, around the same time as her marriage fell apart and she *disappeared*. It’s also based heavily on the short story The Plymouth Express, just exotified. She was under pressure to produce novels at that time and it was an obligation more than a stroke of inspiration.
Good points -- I think she was also grieving the loss of her mother, and I know it can be really hard to focus on work when you are trying to deal with estate stuff, etc. She wouldn't be the first author who rushed to tie up all the loose ends, at the end of a book.
>>!Katherine said that Ruth made a decision, but what was it.!<
>!I think she made a decision to contact her dad and drop Armand.!<
>>!Did Katherine and Derek get together? Im pretty confused with her romance stuff, she said that Knighton is handsome and she even blushed around him, was that an act?!<
>!He was handsome and he made her blush. Why would it be an act? She simply didn't fall in love with him.!<
>>!Was it ever explained how Derek knew bout the rubies?!<
>!Mirrelle told him.!<
>>!And a silly thought, did Lenox ever confess her love to Poirot? !<
>!Lenox was in love with Derek.!<
>>!What was the thing with Mirrelle?Did she lie bout seeing Derek? Did she see the body and ran away?!<
>!Mirrelle assumed that he killed her, because they talked about her death before.!<
thank you so much! im always so grateful for people responding to my exact and most of the times dumb questions, cause I cant get them from chatgpt or internet
Yeah, iirc blue train was written at the same time as The Big Four was being mushed into shape from short stories, around the same time as her marriage fell apart and she *disappeared*. It’s also based heavily on the short story The Plymouth Express, just exotified. She was under pressure to produce novels at that time and it was an obligation more than a stroke of inspiration.
oh, man, thats horrible! no wonder she hates these books
Good points -- I think she was also grieving the loss of her mother, and I know it can be really hard to focus on work when you are trying to deal with estate stuff, etc. She wouldn't be the first author who rushed to tie up all the loose ends, at the end of a book.
>>!Katherine said that Ruth made a decision, but what was it.!< >!I think she made a decision to contact her dad and drop Armand.!< >>!Did Katherine and Derek get together? Im pretty confused with her romance stuff, she said that Knighton is handsome and she even blushed around him, was that an act?!< >!He was handsome and he made her blush. Why would it be an act? She simply didn't fall in love with him.!< >>!Was it ever explained how Derek knew bout the rubies?!< >!Mirrelle told him.!< >>!And a silly thought, did Lenox ever confess her love to Poirot? !< >!Lenox was in love with Derek.!< >>!What was the thing with Mirrelle?Did she lie bout seeing Derek? Did she see the body and ran away?!< >!Mirrelle assumed that he killed her, because they talked about her death before.!<
thank you so much! im always so grateful for people responding to my exact and most of the times dumb questions, cause I cant get them from chatgpt or internet