Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
by Agatha Christie
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Author: Agatha ChristieEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-08-31
ISBN: 0425200450
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Berkley
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Book Review: Murder on the Orient Express
Summary: 5 Stars
A train ride, a murder, 12 suspects, and one decision. Hercule Poirot must investigate the crime and solve the mystery. Monsieur Ratchett was found dead in his compartment with the window left open. But that wasn't how the murderer got out because it was snowing and there would have been footprints. Ratchett was stabbed 12 times so it obviously wasn't a suicide. Mrs. Hubbard claims that there was a man in her compartment that night. Turns out that when M. Poirot came up with a solution to the murder, he was correct. All 12 people on the train had stabbed M. Ratchett one time each. It's a wonder how everyone on the train at that exact time knew who Monsieur Ratchett was and why would they all want him dead so bad? Well, Ratchett wasn't his real name. That was an alias, his real name was Cassetti. He was on the run for kidnapping and murdering a little girl named Daisy Armstrong. Everyone on the train had set everything up so they all would be there to all stab him once each. Everyone had some sort of connection to the Armstrong family. I really enjoyed this book a lot because it's very suspenseful and you never know what's going to happen next.
This is a very interesting book. I like it a lot because it's very suspenseful. Every time M. Poirot thought that he had something figured out, something else would pop up. Like when M. Poirot thought that a woman most likely killed M. Ratchett, the Italian man said that the killer was a short man with dark hair and a womanish voice, a description that didn't fit anyone on the train. Then when M. Poirot thought he had figured out that there were only 2 killers, he found out he was wrong. M. Poirot also automatically decided that Mrs. Hubbard could not have been one of the killers because the weapon was found in her bag and if she did kill Ratchett, she wouldn't have hid the weapon in her own bag. And also because she stated that the murderer had escaped through her compartment. But M. Poirot found himself wrong again.
This book by Agatha Christie is also one of my favorite books because you never know who to suspect as the killer. First you suspect Mr. MacQueen because he seems suspicious and he's Ratchett's secretary and he seems to know Ratchett the most. Then you suspect the Italian man because Ratchett is Italian and he seems to know Ratchett a lot too. Then you suspect Countess Andrenyi because her husband made her book suspicious. And lastly you suspect the Wagon Lit Conductor because there was a missing button found in Ratchett's compartment and on the conductor's suit, there was a missing button. I like this book a lot. I like how everyone is guilty and how you can't tell who the murderer is.
I also really like The Murder on the Orient Express because it is very creative and unique. I absolutely love the way Christie set this murder up. Everyone on the train was related to the Armstrong family somehow. Whether it was a maid, cook, friend, butler, etc. Everyone's story fir together perfectly and it was well planned out. Countess Andrenyi changed her name (and smudged her passport to make it unreadable) from Helena to Elena because her handkerchief was found in M. Ratchett's compartment and she didn't want them to know that her real first name started with the letter "H" because on the handkerchief her initial was sewed onto it. Everyone on the train denied smoking a pipe except for Mr. Hardman because there was a pipe cleaner found in M. Ratchett's compartment also. And Mr. Hardman's pipe cleaners didn't match up with the one found. They hid the weapon in Mr. Hubbard's bag because they knew that she was less likely to be suspected. And the dragon kimono robe was placed on top of M. Poirot's bags so he wouldn't find out who owned the kimono robe. All the timings were precise for when interviewing with M. Poirot. Someone even set M. Ratchett's watch onto a certain time (1:15) so they would confuse M. Poirot which didn't work. This book was one of the greatest mysteries ever. I love this book.
Overall this book was definitely one of my top 3. It's just a fantastic book. Agatha Christie is a wonderful author who knows what she's doing. This book was well planned out and very organized. Everything fit and everything was perfected. This is a wonderful book and you should read it.
Summary of Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer -- in case he or she decides to strike again.Literature & Fiction Books
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