Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express – Agatha Christie
Series: Hercule Poirot, Book #10
Genre: Classic Mystery / Detective Fiction
 
Tropes:
Locked-room (or locked-train) mystery
Isolated group of suspects trapped together
Brilliant detective solving an impossible crime
 
Summary:
When famed detective Hercule Poirot boards the luxurious Orient Express, the last thing he expects is a murder. But after American passenger Samuel Ratchett is found stabbed in his locked compartment, Poirot must determine which of the eclectic, secretive travelers sharing the snow-stranded train is responsible.
With every passenger holding hidden motives and carefully guarded pasts, Poirot pieces together alibis, lies, and surprising connections that complicate an already perplexing case. As he digs deeper, the mystery becomes as much about morality and justice as it is about discovering the killer.
A masterpiece of misdirection and tension, Murder on the Orient Express remains one of Christie’s most iconic and ingenious detective stories.