Murder On The Orient Express(Poirot)
By (author) Agatha Christie; By (author) Christie Agatha
Short description/annotation:
‘The Murderer is with us – on the train now…’
Description:
‘The Murderer is with us – on the train now…’
It’s just after midnight, and the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift, isolated by the storm. A passenger lies dead, stabbed
a dozen times, his door locked from the inside.
The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot, must identify the prime suspects from among the small but disparate group of remaining passengers– before the murderer decides to strike again.
Review quote:
“Need it be said – the little grey cells solve once more the seemingly insoluble. Mrs Christie makes an improbable tale very real, and keeps her readers enthralled and guessing to the end.” Times Literary Supplement
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“A brilliantly ingenious story.” Dorothy L. Sayers, Daily Herald
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“Ingenuity at its height … the idea is utterly novel, the setting a model of realism, and the characters a versatile, attractive crew.” Woman’s Journal
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“A piece of classic workmanship .. exquisite and wholly satisfying.” News Chronicle
Biographical note:
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.
Promotional headline:
Agatha Christie’s Famous Hercule Poirot Detective Mystery
Feature:
Agatha Christie’s Famous Hercule Poirot Detective Mystery
• The first time Agatha Christie has been published in B format.
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• Two out of three of all fiction readers have read an Agatha Christie book, and more than half want to read her again.
• Also available as an unabridged audiobook, read by David Suchet, and in a comic book edition.