Murder on the Orient Express

Written by Agatha Christie

Part of the Hercule Poirot series

A murder on a snowbound train. Can the detective catch the killer before they strike again?

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265 pages· ~940L

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Trapped on the snowbound Orient Express, detective Hercule Poirot faces a chilling mystery. Millionaire Samuel Ratchett is found dead, stabbed in his locked compartment. With a dozen suspects and nowhere to run, Poirot must unravel the tangled web of secrets before the murderer strikes again. Can he solve the case in time, or will the killer escape justice?

From the publisher

The exclusive authorized edition of the most widely read mystery of all time. Now a major motion picture directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. “The murderer is with us–on the train now . . .”Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer.Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man’s enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again.This edition includes a photo insert of images from the film.

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