Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie's celebrated masterpiece, follows detective Hercule Poirot aboard a luxurious train traveling from Istanbul to Paris. When the train becomes stranded in a snowdrift, American passenger Samuel Ratchett is discovered murdered in his compartment, stabbed twelve times. With the killer necessarily still aboard, Poirot must investigate twelve diverse and suspicious passengers, each seemingly possessing a perfect alibi. As he uncovers connections between the passengers and a infamous kidnapping case from America, Poirot faces his most challenging puzzle. The novel delivers a brilliant, morally complex solution that remains one of detective fiction's most ingenious endings.
