When Miss Katherine Grey unexpectedly inherits a small fortune she books the famous Blue Train for a trip to the French Riviera. Her new milieu includes millionaire Ruth Kettering, Ruth's estranged husband, a French mistress, and an inquisitive foreign man with an egg-shaped head and waxed moustache. But Nice is not so nice, for on arrival the gendarmerie asks Miss Grey to ID the strangled body of one of the pampered passengers - and for the great Hercule Poirot's help in solving the crime.

"One of Christie's most penetrating tales is deftly read by Moffatt, who is particularly good when performing as the American daddy, with his self-confident bellow."

Agatha Christie (1890-1975), wrote more than 66 novels, numerous short stories and screenplays, and a series of romantic novels using the pen name of Mary Westmacott. Her play, The Mousetrap, has been running continuously since its premiere in 1952. According to her print publisher, Christie's books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in 44 foreign languages. The most widely published novelist of all time in any language, Christie is outsold only by The Bible and Shakespeare.