Murder on the Orient Express
(Book)

"Originally published in the United States as Murder in the Calais Coach."

Publishers and publishing dates may vary. Published in 1968 by Dodd, Mead in the Greenaway edition (254 p). Published in 1983 by Bantam Books (212 p.). Published in [1986] by Dodd, Mead (263 p.). Published in [2006] by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers (266 p.). Published in 2011 by Harper (265 p.)

While en route from Syria to Paris, in the middle of a freezing winter's night, the Orient Express is stopped dead in its tracks by a snowdrift. Passengers awake to find the train still stranded and to discover that a wealthy American has been brutally stabbed to death in his private compartment. Incredibly, that compartment is locked from the inside. With no escape into the wintery landscape the killer must still be on board. Fortunately, the brilliant Belgian private investigator Hercule Poirot is also on board, having booked the last available berth.