Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie (1934)
This is classic Christie. On a stranded train, headed for Paris from Istanbul, a passenger is found stabbed to death. There is no way on or off the train, so the murderer must be on train. The passengers are a diverse group of all walks of life and class, with seemingly no connections or motives. Fortunately, the Belgian detective Hecule Poirot is also a traveler who will use his deductive reasoning to suss out the real victims.
Read: I first read this book in May 1979. I reread it on November 1, 2016.
4 Stars
