poirot, hercule

While en route from Syria to Paris, in the middle of a freezing winter's night, the Orient Express is stopped dead in its tracks by a snowdrift. Passengers awake to find the train still stranded and to discover that a wealthy American has been brutally stabbed to death in his private compartment. Incredibly, that compartment is locked from the inside. With no escape into the wintery landscape the killer must still be on board. Fortunately, the brilliant Belgian inspector Hercule Poirot is also on board, having booked the last available berth.

Hercule Poirot must find out who murdered a man who was in attendance at one of Mr. Shaitana's parties, and finds all four of the suspect were involved in a game of bridge and had a motive for committing the crime.

Agatha Christie's classic novel featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who is called upon to investigate the murder of Mrs. Boynton, the cruel and tyrannizing matriarch of the Boynton family.

Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the curious murder of millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett in a locked compartment aboard the Orient Express while the train is stranded by a snowdrift. He must find the murderer before he decides to strike again.

Eleven stories deal with a murder trial, a premonition of death, a ghostly possession, a mysterious cry for help, a poisoning, and a wealthy aunt's will.

Hercule Poirot is sent a series of letters by a murderer challenging him to try to stop a crime if he is clever enough.

A murder in a small English village leads Hercule Poirot into a strange mystery involving a determined, curious spinster, the local doctor, and a wide range of suspects with possible motives and mysterious relationships.