Murder on the Orient Express is my second Agatha Christie novel. The first was The Murder of Roger Ackroyd which I loved and like Murder on the Orient Express I didn't guess the killer. Agatha Christie is The Best-Selling novelist of all time and pretty much invented and perfected the whodunit. Orient is neatly crafted, elegant and fun. Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer. Murder on the Orient Express (2017) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

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1. Murder on the Orient Express is more than just a murder mystery. It is a novel that utilizes a great deal of existing social issues of the era in which it was written and formed a commentary on those issues while giving the reader an intriguing yet approachable narrative.
2. The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense—creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters—brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to Harper Paperbacksincluding Murder on the Orient Express.

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Murder on the Orient Express has all the features of a great detective story, including interesting characters, thrilling suspense and a brilliant twist at the end. This story is all about the contrast between appearance and reality, and this is something the reader discovers themselves as they realize that this is not a typical detective story. Indeed, this story is unique in the sense that there is not just one or several murderers, but twelve. Each of these twelve passengers actually know each other but pretend they don't during Poirot's investigation. The fact there are twelve accomplices is significant, as this is the number of people in a jury. As such, these twelve passengers represent a unique interpretation of justice, whereby twelve people have decided that murder is justified. Poirot, symbolizing a judge, then makes the final decision to keep his discovery a secret, as he also believes the murder was justified.

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As such, this text also draws on philosophical and political themes, and is not simply just for entertainment. Through the text, we question the concept of justice, and whether murder can ever truly be justified. After discovering that the victim of this text actually kidnapped an innocent child and killed her, we question whether he is truly the 'victim' at all. This is the conclusion of the twelve passengers, who have decided that they must take matters into their own hands to obtain justice for the young Daisy Armstrong.

This story is also interesting due to its wide range of characters. M. Bouc says 'All around us are people, of all classes, of all nationalities, of all ages,' which summarizes Christie's diverse choice of passengers. This aspect of the text makes it even more shocking that all the characters are connected to the case of Daisy Armstrong, considering how different they all are.