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Murder On the Orient Express

AuthorAgatha Christie

NarratorFull Cast

SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 9

Duration2h 20m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Plays and Dramatisations, Cosy Crime, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries

Key StageKS4

PublisherBBC

VersionAbridged

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Hercule Poirot joins an international cast of characters on the glamorous Orient Express, and is approached by a wealthy American who offers the detective 'big money' to protect him. The next day the man is found dead in his cabin, stabbed twelve times. There are no lack of clues for Poirot - but which are real and which a clever plant? One thing is certain - the murderer is still aboard the train and waiting to strike again...

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