Another aspect that I love about this book is that Dame Agatha totally messes with the reader. And yet, she cannot be accused of withholding information or clues that lead to the solution. 

‘Ma foi,’ said M. Bouc with violence. ‘But does everybody on this train tell lies?’

‘That,’ said Poirot, ‘is what we are about to find out.’

At the last moment he said: ‘You have dropped your handkerchief, Madame.’

Mrs Hubbard looked at the little scrap of cambric he held out to her.

‘That’s not mine, Mr Poirot. I’ve got mine right here.’

‘Pardon. I thought as it had the initial H on it—’

‘Well, now, that’s curious, but it’s certainly not mine. Mine are marked C.M.H., and they’re sensible things—not expensive Paris fallals. What good is a handkerchief like that to anybody’s nose?’

Neither of the three men seemed to have an answer to this question, and Mrs Hubbard sailed out triumphantly.

Mrs Hubbard is such a magnificent - if annoying - character, and Suchet's interpretation of her in the audiobook is absolutely brilliant. It's one of the reasons why I love revisiting this story. 

MacQueen hesitated.

‘I must get this clear,’ he said. ‘Who exactly are you? And where do you come in?’

‘I represent the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons Lits.’ He paused, then added, ‘I am a detective. My name is Hercule Poirot.’

If he expected an effect he did not get one.

MacQueen said merely, ‘Oh, yes?’ and waited for him to go on.

‘You know the name, perhaps.’

‘Why, it does seem kind of familiar—only I always thought it was a woman’s dressmaker.’

Hercule Poirot looked at him with distaste.

‘It is incredible!’ he said.

‘What’s incredible?’

‘Nothing. Let us advance with the matter in hand.

Oh, poor Hercule. :D

No foodie experiments tonight. 

I met up with friends and went out for dinner, so there was no need to try and create something fun at home tonight.

However, with the weather warnings that Storm Ciara will hit us over the weekend, there may be a soup post on Sunday. We'll see. 

What I do know is that this has been a very busy week at work and I just want to relax this weekend. So, even though I have a few really riveting reads going on (essentially everything on my currently-reading shelf except Genji), what I really, really want are cozy mystery comfort reads. 

So good. Rereading this book is always a pleasure

Book: Reread a favorite book by a deceased author or from a finished series, or read a book set in Mexico or a book that either has a primarily black and white cover or all the colors (ROYGBIV) on the cover, or a book featuring zombies.