Murder on the Orient Express

Undoubtedly, she is a genius Elizabeth George, author of the New York Times bestsellers It is generally accepted that Christie is a brilliant master of sharp plots. However, she represents something much more significant The Guardian When it comes to... murder drama – there is no one more inventive than Christie Sunday Times Christie devised a fundamentally new scheme for a detective story The Times An incredibly original idea Daily Telegraph The great detective Hercule Poirot, who was in Istanbul, returns to England on the famous Orient Express, which seems to be carrying representatives of all possible nationalities. One of the passengers, an unpleasant American by the name of Ratchett, asks Poirot to be his bodyguard, as he believes someone is going to kill him. The famous Belgian dismisses this absurd request. The next day, the American is found dead in his compartment, with the doors locked and the window open. Poirot immediately takes up the investigation – and discovers that the compartment is full of all sorts of clues pointing to… practically all the passengers of the Orient Express. Additionally, the train is stuck completely in snowdrifts in a desolate place. Poirot must find the murderer before the express continues its journey…