Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) - Softcover

Christie, Agatha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062693662 ISBN 13: 9780062693662

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2017

Synopsis

THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIME

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX

RELEASING NOVEMBER 10, 2017

DIRECTED BY 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.

Includes a photo insert of images from the film!

"What more . . . can a mystery addict desire?"--New York Times

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Review:

"What more...can a mystery addict desire?"--New York Times

"A brilliantly ingenious story."--Dorothy L. Sayers, Daily Herald (UK)

"Nothing short of swell. [Christie] is probably the best suspicion scatterer and diverter in the business."--New York Herald Tribune

"It's tempting to say that Agatha Christie is a genius and let it go at that, but the world's had plenty of geniuses. Agatha Christie is something special."--Lawrence Block, New York Times bestselling author

"[Moves] smoothly and entertainingly to its surprise conclusion."--Chicago Daily Tribune

"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 (London)

"Agatha Christie's books are both wonderful crime novels and studies in contrast and duality, and I adore them still. Underestimate them at your peril."--Louise Penny, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Inspector Gamache novels

"Any mystery writer who wants to learn how to plot should spend a few days reading Agatha Christie. She'll show you everything you want to know."--Donna Leon, New York Times-bestselling author of the Commissario Brunetti novels

"I always wanted to be Agatha Christie when I grew up. I still do."--J. A. Jance, New York Times-bestselling author of the Joanna Brady and J. P. Beaumont novels

"Agatha Christie's indelibly etched characters have entertained millions across the years and a love of her work has brough together generations of readers--a singular achievement for any author and an inspiration to writers across the literary landscape."--Jacqueline Winspear, New York Times-bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs novels

Book Description:

‘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

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0062693662
• ISBN 13: 9780062693662
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 304