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A Russian princess, a Hungarian count, a Swedish beauty, and an assortment of Americans, English and French are brought together on the elegant Orient Express. A brutal murder and an unexpected blizzard bring in the vacationing Hercule Poirot. The results are excellent. This BBC Radio dramatization is as thought-provoking as the original. The vocal characterizations, as diverse as the characters themselves, are appropriately dramatic. Actor John Moffatt is a forceful Poirot and leads the ensemble with style. With its attention to dialects, incidental music and pace, this is the perfect audio presentation for a road trip or a cozy day by a warm fire. M.R. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.

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Ratchett, an imperious millionaire gangster, confronts Inspector Hercule Poirot and offers the little Belgian $20,000 if he will help him stay alive. Poirot declines, and that night, Ratchett is found dead inside a locked room, a victim of multiple stab wounds. On the elegant, plush Orient Express, Poirot must find the killer of the much-hated millionaire among 13 suspects, each with a compelling reason to kill Ratchett. --Ce texte provient de la Audio CD édition.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 A brilliant "locked room" classic!, Aoû 26 2007
Par Paul Weiss (Dundas, Ontario Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Murder On The Orient Express (Mass Market Paperback)
"The Mysterious Affair at Styles" might be the locked room mystery that holds down honours for being the novel in which Agatha Christie introduced Hercule Poirot to a grateful reading public. But it is "Murder on the Orient Express" that showcases a confident, polished Hercule at the height of his powers. Standing tall beside Sherlock Holmes and Auguste Dupin, Poirot is arguably the most widely read and best known detective in literature and "Murder on the Orient Express" is certainly one of the finest examples of the mystery genre. In a brilliant variation of the typical British drawing room mystery, Christie places her cast of thirteen suspects together with the victim and Poirot on the Orient Express en route from Istanbul to Calais.

Mr Ratchett, an unsavory looking man who obviously has some dark secrets in his past, approaches Poirot as the train leaves Istanbul with the offer of a very fat fee asking for his services to help protect his life from enemies he knows are out to kill him. Poirot, seeing this as a very uninteresting exercise from a cerebral point of view, politely declines. But when the train is stopped in its proverbial tracks by a huge snow storm and Ratchett is killed in his locked berth, stabbed no less than twelve times, Poirot is pressed into service to solve the case by his long time friend Bouc who is also a director of the corporation that owns the train.

Through the simple process of gathering clues by interviewing the thirteen suspects - a wildly disparate lot that in modern terms would almost certainly be referred to as a "motley crue" - Poirot employs "the little gray cells" and intuits a positively brilliant solution. In that time honoured literary tradition of gathering all of the suspects into a single room, a somewhat less than humble Poirot puts on a flashy show of summarizing the case and revealing the identity of the perpetrator in a brilliant twist that only Poirot could fathom and only Dame Christie could create.

There is nothing about "Murder on the Orient Express" that does not deserve high praise - dialogue; the hilarious mis-translation of idiomatic French into spoken English; the less than subtle but accurate use of class distinctions and behavioural stereotypes unique to different nationalities; characterization; colourful narrative description; plot; suspense; red herrings; and, of course, a brilliant solution that deftly ties up every conceivable loose thread. And all of that is in an all too short package that can be read in the brief space of three or four thoroughly enjoyable hours. Read and enjoy, pass the book onto your best friend but, for goodness sake, keep your lip zipped about that brilliant ending!

Paul Weiss
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5.0étoiles sur 5 An enduring classic, Jui 11 2003
Par Lisa Bahrami "anonymous" (orlando, fl USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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Even people who have not read anything by the great Agatha Christie have probably heard of this book. It is perhaps her most well-known work and has, of course, been made into an Academy Award winning film starring Albert Finney as Poirot. Murder on the Orient expressed has achieved worldwide renown because, simply, it is one of the greatest mysteries written by the greatest mystery writer of all time. It is extremely well-plotted and sharply written. Out of all Christie's books, this one contains the best cast of characters/suspects.The ending is a surprise (even though some other reviewers gave away the solution!) and very satisfying. This is a must-read for all mystery fans.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Fantastic reading!, Jui 13 2002
Par Karen Sieradski (Shelby Township, MI USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Murder on the Orient Express (Audio CD)
David Suchet does a superb job with the narration and the various voices and accents. Even though I'm quite familiar with this story, listening to the Audio CD added a new dimension to the mystery.
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An elderly man is found stabbed to death on the luxurious Orient Express--and the murderer is still on the train. Luckily, the ingenious Hercule Poirot is also a passenger. Read more
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Dated but still, and always will be, ingenious
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4.0étoiles sur 5 He's clever, that Belgian
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