Christie, Agatha,

Murder on the Orient express / Agatha Christie. - London, Eng. : Collins, [1965]. - 1 v. (various pagings) - Hercule Poirot mysteries .

Formerly entitled "Murder in the Calais coach". Originally published in 1934.

Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of year. But by the morning there is one less passenger. An American lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside Red herrings galore are put in the path of Hercule Poirot to try and keep him off the scent but in a dramatic dénouement he succeeds in coming up with not one, but two solutions to the crime.

ISBN: 0708901883 6780812689665 9780062073495 (2011 1st Harper pbk.) 0671523686 (1960 Pocket Books pbk.) 0399137084 (1985 G.P. Putnam's Sons) 9781579126230 (2006 Black Dog & Leventhal hc)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Murder
Railroads
Railroad travel
Orient Express (Express train)