![]() ![]() Predicated on an inspired gimmick, this is one of the great surprise endings in the genre.ĭespite advance warnings, Poirot is unable to prevent the murders of Alice Ascher, Betty Barnard and Carmichael Clarke. This glamorous era of train travel provides Poirot with an international cast of suspects and one of his biggest challenges. Ratchett is found stabbed in his compartment and untrodden snow shows that the killer is still on board. ![]() The glamorous Orient Express stops during the night, blocked by snowdrifts. Of its type, perfection this is how the classic detective story should be written. ![]() Which of the other guests is a murderer? Perfectly paced, with subtle and ingenious clueing, and an unexpected but totally logical solution. The impoverished owner of End House hosts a party where fireworks camouflage the shot that kills her cousin. An unmissable, and still controversial, milestone of detective fiction. This title would still be discussed today even if Christie had never written another book. ![]() A typical village murder mystery or so it seems until the last chapter with its stunning revelation. But when wealthy Roger Ackroyd is found stabbed in his study, he agrees to investigate. Hercule Poirot has retired to the village of King’s Abbot to cultivate marrows. ![]()
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