
Jance, New York Times-bestselling author of the Joanna Brady and J. She'll show you everything you want to know."-Donna Leon, New York Times-bestselling author of the Commissario Brunetti novels "I always wanted to be Agatha Christie when I grew up. Underestimate them at your peril."-Louise Penny, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Inspector Gamache novels "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 "Any mystery writer who wants to learn how to plot should spend a few days reading Agatha Christie.

Review Quotes "What more.can a mystery addict desire?"- New York Times"Agatha Christie taught me many important lessons about the inner workings of the mystery novel before it ever occurred to me that I might one day be writing mysteries myself."-Sue Grafton, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Kinsey Millhone novels "Agatha Christie's books are both wonderful crime novels and studies in contrast and duality, and I adore them still. can a mystery addict desire?"- New York Times Includes a photo insert of images from the film! 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. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift.

"The murderer is with us-on the train now. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX

About the Book The most widely read mystery of all time is now a major motion picture with Kenneth Branagh directing and starring as Hercule Poirot, opening in theaters on November 10.
