Synopses & Reviews
Hercule Poirot Mysteries Series This is the story of one thrillingly exotic journey, one brutally stabbed victim, and seventeen suspicious suspects. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is full, but by the morning there is one less passenger. A man lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside...Many obstacles are put in Poirot's path to try and keep him off the scent but in a dramatic finale he succeeds in coming up with two solutions to the crime.
Synopsis
The most widely-read mystery of all time, now a major motion picture by Ridley Scott
"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.
"What more . . . can a mystery addict desire?"--New York Times
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THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIME--NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH AND PRODUCED BY RIDLEY SCOTT
-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.
-What more . . . can a mystery addict desire?---New York Times
Synopsis
Just after midnight, a snowstorm stops the Orient Express dead in its tracks in the middle of Yugoslavia. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for this time of year. But by morning there is one passenger less. A 'respectable American gentleman' lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside . . . Hercule Poirot is also aboard, having arrived in the nick of time to claim a second-class compartment -- and the most astounding case of his illustrious career.