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Hercule Poirot, now in modern times, investigates the famous crime on the famed train with a modern twist.

Agatha Christie's classic whodunit speeds into the twenty-first century. World-famous sleuth Hercule Poirot has just finished a case in Istanbul and is returning home to London onboard the luxurious Orient Express. But, the train comes to a sudden halt when a rock slide blocks the tracks ahead. And all the thrills of riding the famous train come to a halt when a man discovered dead in his compartment, stabbed nine times. The train is stranded. No one has gotten on or gotten off. That can only mean one thing: the killer is onboard, and it is up to Hercule Poirot to find him.—HNSampat-2

Bright-red blood blemishes the vacation of genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who is aboard the luxurious Orient Express. And, as an unstoppable landslide puts a hold on the journey, Poirot finds himself confronted with the puzzling murder case of his fellow passenger and American millionaire Samuel Ratchett. Indeed, an unnoticed killer is hiding in plain sight, and Poirot will have to join forces with his friend Wolfgang Bouc to shed light on the mystery. Now, everyone is a suspect. Can Poirot ferret out the mastermind behind the murder on the Orient Express?—Nick Riganas

then as now, the plot is enormously convoluted, with a variety of characters pursuing their own agenda and trying to confuse Poirot. never works.