"I do not approve of murder."
I once again saved the very best for last, at least in my opinion, but who can deny that Agatha Christie really remains the Queen of Mystery? And the silly movie with Kenneth Branagh aside, Murder on the Orient Express remains one of her best works to this day. What happens when an American household is shaken to its core by a senseless brutal act, and the staff decide to take matters into their own hands? As they have just the luck of finding themselves on the fabled Orient Express alongside Hercule Poirot, famous mustachioed detective extraordinaire, we have the privilege of experiencing it all first-hand. And if reading about it isn't enough, I highly recommend the television series starring David Suchet!
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 ...
(from Goodreads)
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