Murder on the Orient Express.
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As you should know Tuesdays is book blog day were we talk about one particular book and pretty much run with it. Today's blog is on the book Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie.
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer: An America tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked form the inside.
Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer—in case he or she strikes again.
Murder on the Orient Express, Goodreads page.
Like most people I do like a good who-done-it, and Christie is one of those Genius writers in the crime genre. Like Christie's other creation Miss Marple, Poirot is also a well known great character.
I quite like Murder on the Orient Express, partially because the story ends with two solutions to the crime committed due to Poirot finding out the duality of several characters and their connection to the victim. Because of this I give the book an 8/10.
Murder on the Orient Express is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie it's the forth book featuring one of her well known Characters Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on January 1st 1934. It was later published in the states on February 28th 1934 under the title of Murder in the Calais Coach as to avoid mix up with the 1932 Graham Greene novel Stamboul train which had been released in the US as Orient Express.
Agatha Christie was born on September 15th 1890 the youngest child to wealthy upper-middle-class Parents Frederick Alvah Miller and Clarissa “Clara” Margaret Miller nee Boehmer in Torquay Devon. Agatha spent part of her childhood being homeschooled before attending Miss Guyer's school in 1902, due to the atmosphere of the school Agatha's mother sent her to Paris in 1905 where she spent time in various boarding schools with a focus on voice-work and piano playing.
At 18 Christie wrote her first short story “The House of Beauty” whilst recovering from an illness. It was around 6,000 words on the basis of Madness and dreams. Her biographer Janet Morgan found the subject fascinating and commentated that “Despite infelicities of style the story was compelling” The story eventually became an early version of her story The House of Dreams. Many other stories followed, many that showcased her interest in Spiritualism and the paranormal, this included The Call of Wings and The Lonely Little God. Whilst Magazines rejected all her early submissions usually made under Pseudonyms. Several were later revised and published under new titles and more importantly her name. In October 1912 Christie was introduced to her first husband Archibald “Archie” Christie, they fell in love quickly and three months later Christie accepted Archie's proposal. They married on Christmas eve in 1914 before Archie was send off to fight in WW1. Christie settled into married life and writing giving birth to her daughter Rosalind Margaret Clarissa in August 1919.
In August 1926 Archie asked Agatha for a divorce, he'd fallen in love with Nancy Neele a friend through Major Belcher. Christie disappeared on 3rd December 1926 after an argument over Archie wanting to spend time with friends without her. The disappearance became a news story causing sensation, disaster and scandal. Christie was later found on 14th December 1926 at the Swan Hydropathic hotel in Yorkshire under the name of Mrs Tressa Neele. Christie ended up heading to her sisters home to convalesce away from reporters, phone calls and harassment. Whilst her autobiography makes to reference to the disappearance, opinions were divided over the reasons for her even with two doctors diagnosed her as suffering from “an unquestionable genuine loss of memory” One Author Jared Cade concluded the event was planned by Christie to embarrass her husband but didn't anticipate the drama from the reported fallout. An alternative view provided by Laura Thompson a biographer of Christie stating Christie disappeared during a nervous breakdown. Public reaction at the time was negative supposing a stunt or an attempt to frame her husband for murder. The pair were later granted a divorce and Christie went onto become a well known writer, had full custody of their daughter and would later remarry another.
In 1950, Christie was elected as a fellow of the royal society of Literature, in honour of her many literary works. Six years later she was appointed a commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) in the new years honours of 1956. In 1961 she was awarded an honorary doctorate of Literature degree from the University of Exeter, In 1971 Christie was also awarded a DBE. From 1971 Christie's health began to fail but she continued to write, her last book was released in 1973 called Postern of Fate, Christie later died on January 12th 1976.
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