Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimehistoricalvehiclesfastunsavourylightintricatelinearglossysolving the riddle/not as it seemsinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeA mystery that sits near the middle on every taste dimension: nothing pushed to extremes.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Published
- 1934
- Pages
- 240
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