![]() ![]() High in the mountains of Jugo-Slavia, the Orient Express, speeding northward, was halted by heavy storms and huge snow-drifts. Blurb (US) Source: Facsimile Dust Jackets LLC ![]() One can but admire again the amazing resource of Agatha Christie. Murder on the Orient Express must rank as one of the most ingenious stories ever devised. He lies back and thinks-with his little grey cells… The untrodden snow around the train proved that the murderer was still on board. Ratchett, an American millionaire, was found lying dead in his berth-stabbed. For in the night murder had been committed. He awoke to find himself very much wanted. “Decidedly I suffer from the nerves,” murmured Hercule Poirot, and fell asleep again. Snowdrifts blocked the line at a desolate spot somewhere in the Balkans. The famous Orient Express, thundering along on its three days’ journey across Europe, came to a sudden stop in the night. ![]()
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