Mystery · Classics
Murder on the Orient Express
A snowdrift stops a luxury train overnight in the Balkans, and a wealthy passenger is found stabbed in his compartment. Detective Hercule Poirot, travelling by chance, has a carriage of suspects with locked stories.
- First published
- 1934
- Pace
- fast
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a classic closed-circle murder mystery with a famous, satisfying solution.
Skip this if you want a dark, modern crime novel, since the style is polished and the violence mostly offstage.
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