Available Formats
Paperback
Published: 5th November 2013
Hardback, Special edition
Published: 7th November 2017
Paperback, Film tie-in edition
Published: 23rd October 2017
Murder on the Orient Express (Poirot)
By (Author) Agatha Christie
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
7th November 2017
19th October 2017
Special edition
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Classic crime and mystery fiction
Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Thriller / suspense fiction
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages
Hardback
240
Width 135mm, Height 204mm, Spine 17mm
340g
Agatha Christies most famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover with special finishes.
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside.
Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer in case he or she decides to strike again.
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
A brilliantly ingenious story. Dorothy L. Sayers, Daily Herald
Ingenuity at its height the idea is utterly novel, the setting a model of realism, and the characters a versatile, attractive crew. Womans Journal
A piece of classic workmanship .. exquisite and wholly satisfying. News Chronicle
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.