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Murder on the Orient Express / by Agatha Christie.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Mystery Christie Murder
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.
- Series:
- Greenway edition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
- Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character).
- Orient Express (Express train)--Fiction.
- Orient Express (Express train).
- Genre:
- Detective and mystery stories.
- Physical Description:
- 254 p. ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dodd, Mead, 1968, c1960.
- Summary:
- A remarkable set of characters, each a secretive soul on a journey on the fabled Orient Express train as it travels from Istanbul to Paris. On hand to resolve the murder of a passenger is Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective, dependent only on his wit, who tucks away obscure, seemingly unrelated minutiae in his facile mind. When he determines that the corpse was a renowned child kidnapper/killer, he begins to wonder about connections between the passengers and the victim.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in the United States as Murder in the Calais Coach."
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