En route to Paris, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot has booked winter passage on the fabled Orient Express. Among the assortment of follow passengers, one wealthy American holds a unique distinction: He has been found dead of multiple stab wounds in the nigt compartmend of the Calais coach.by dawn, thirteen travelers, each bearing a secret, wiil find themselves suspect in the most ingenious crime Poirot has ever solved…”What more…can a mystery addict desire?”-The New York Times