Murder on the Orient Express is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the United States, it was published on 28 February 1934, under the title of Murder in the Calais Coach, by Dodd, Mead and Company. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence and the US edition at $2. The elegant train of the 1930s, the Orient Express, is stopped by heavy snowfall. A murder is discovered, and Poirot's trip home to London from the Middle East is interrupted to solve the case. The opening chapters of the novel tale place in Istanbul. The rest of the novel takes place in Yugoslavia, with the train trapped between Vinkovci and Brod. The US title of Murder in the Calais Coach was used to avoid confusion with the 1932 Graham Greene novel Stamboul Train, which had been published in the United States as Orient Express.
| Author | Agatha Christie |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
| Preceded by | The Hound of Death |
| Followed by | Unfinished Portrait |
About Murder on the Orient Express
Based on a 1934 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie, the film centers on a luxurious train ride taken by 13 stranded strangers, and the one man tasked with solving the mystery before the murderer strikes again.
Achievement of Murder on the Orient Express
The movie marks the 4th adaptation of Christie's novel. Kenneth Branagh starred in and directed the film.
Top Facts You Did Not Know About Murder on the Orient Express
Pera Palace Hotel – where Christie supposedly wrote the novel, although this is not stated in either her official biography or her own Autobiography.. Venice-Simplon Orient Express – the train using original carriages from the Orient Express on which Christie based her novel.. Novels set in Yugoslavia.. Novels set in Istanbul.. Hercule Poirot novels.. Novels set on the Orient Express.. Collins Crime Club books.. Novels set in the 1930s.. Works originally published in The Saturday Evening Post.
Latest information about Murder on the Orient Express updated on July 28 2021.
