Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

Melissa's Rambling said I love Poirot! ♥. The wonderful Hercule Poirot can not ever go on any holidays without someone being murdered. But, never-the-less he will figure it out.And a murder has taken place upon the Orient Express.The man murdered in named Ratchett, but we find out later on in the story this is an alias. Poirot has simply unc. Agatha pulls out all the stops Whistlers Mom People who dismiss Christie's books frequently criticize her for using the same boring "village" characters over and over. They have a point, although I think it was deliberate and part of her style. With a few exceptions, she wasn't interested in her characters. They were just there to play their pa. "What I really liked" according to Lovely Reader. This book was a very fast and enjoyable read. I was definitely surprised at how fast I finished. This was a re-read for me, however, it was so long ago I had forgotten all of the story, (except the ending).What I really likedI liked author Christie's writing, it flows very well and although there are

One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer. "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. 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.