In it, we find the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot on a steam engine traveling from Syria to London. Murder on the Orient Express is one of Agatha Christie's most famous novels. Christie's work influenced later authors in the genre, like Patricia Highsmith and P.D. Christie's crime-solving characters carry on the long tradition of British detective fiction pioneered by earlier writers like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his famous main man, Sherlock Holmes. The result? She's sold more than two billion copies of her books.Īgatha Christie's iconic literary detectives – the Belgian Hercule Poirot and the spinster Miss Marple – appear regularly in her novels and have been brought to life on the small screen by a number of actors.
Whether on a remote island or a posh steam engine, Christie's fiction deals in death. During her lifetime she penned 66 works of detective fiction, nearly all of them whodunit plots with bloody knives, poison pens, and smoking guns galore. This is the book for you.Īgatha Christie is the grand dame of the British murder mystery genre.
Murder on the Orient Express Introductionĭo we hear you asking for a super sleuth? Oh, yes.
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