Hercule Poirot · Book 9
Murder on the Orient Express
- Published
- 1 January 1934
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN-13
- 9781405892148
- Type
- novel
About this book
"Murder on the Orient Express" (1934, 240 pages) is among Christie's best-known and most influential Poirot novels -- a closed-circle mystery set on a locked train carriage, twice adapted for film by Kenneth Branagh and often recommended as a first Poirot read.
Its place in Hercule Poirot
Murder on the Orient Express is book 9 in the Hercule Poirot series. It follows Lord Edgware Dies. It is followed by Three Act Tragedy. See the full Hercule Poirot reading order.
Hercule Poirot is the fastidious, egg-headed Belgian detective who solves murders with his "little grey cells" rather than legwork — a private inquiry agent, former Belgian policeman, and refugee of the First World War who settles in England and becomes the most famous fictional detective after Sherlock Holmes. Agatha Christie built the character across 33 novels and dozens of short stories between 1920 and 1975, perfecting the fair-play puzzle mystery: a closed circle of suspects, a country house or a locked…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781978383401
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781405892148