Murder On The Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries, 10)

Murder On The Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries, 10)

The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense-creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters-brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to Harper Paperbacks?includingMurder on the Orient Express, the most famous Hercule Poirot mystery, which has the brilliant detective hunting for a killer aboard one of the world?s most luxurious passenger trains.Review?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 (London)?It?s tempting to say that Agatha Christie is a genius and let it go at that, but the world?s had plenty of geniuses. Agatha Christie is something special.? -- Lawrence Block,New York Times bestselling author?Agatha Christie?s indelibly etched characters have entertained millions across the years and a love of her work has brough together generations of readers-a singular achievement for any author and an inspiration to writers across the literary landscape.? -- Jacqueline Winspear,New York Times-bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs novels?Agatha Christie?s books are both wonderful crime novels and studies in contrast and duality, and I adore them still. Underestimate them at your peril.? -- Louise Penny, #1New York Times-bestselling author of the Inspector Gamache novels?Nothing short of swell. [Christie] is probably the best suspicion scatterer and diverter in the business.? --New York Herald Tribune?What more?can a mystery addict desire?? --New York Times?[Moves] smoothly and entertainingly to its surprise conclusion.? --Chicago Daily Tribune?A brilliantly ingenious story.? -- Dorothy L. Sayers,Daily Herald (UK)?Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction.? -- Tana French, New York Times-bestselling author of the Dublin Murder Squad novels?I always wanted to be Agatha Christie when I grew up. I still do.? -- J. A. Jance,New York Times-bestselling author of the Joanna Brady and J. P. Beaumont novelsFrom the Back Cover"The murderer is with us-on the train now . . ."Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer.Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again . . .About the AuthorAgatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.