Mostly Murders

“The impossible cannot have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”

Combine the adventure of luxury travel with the claustrophobia of being snowed in and completely cut off from society, add twelve travellers and one Belgian detective, and you have the formula for one of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels.

With a mix of understated humour and eerie atmosphere, Murder on the Orient Express is both relaxing and tense at the same time. It is a treat for Poirot fans, offering insight into his methods of deduction and highlighting his genius by presenting him with a seemingly impossible crime, while leaving him completely deprived of any outside help as the Orient Express is stuck between stations due to a snowstorm.

Relying on nothing but his little grey cells, Poirot interviews his fellow travellers and slowly begins to unravel the many baffling threads of confusion, lies and omissions in their statements, ultimately leading him to a conclusion about what actually transpired aboard the Orient Express.

The storytelling is precise and concentrated, focused on Poirot’s investigation and observations of his fellow passengers, and the mystery is both deceptively simple and bewilderingly complicated. It is Poirot at his very best, allowing his deductions to shine bright with their brilliant simplicity and sharp insight into human nature.

Agatha Christie – Crime classics