Murder on the Orient Express: An Audible Original Drama

4.5 | 32,704 ratings

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Last update: 10-20-2024

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Winner of the 2018 CAMEO Book to Audio Award

What begins as a routine journey on the luxurious Orient Express soon unfurls into Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery. On board is the famous detective Hercule Poirot, and one man who, come morning, will be found dead, his compartment locked from the inside.

This Audible Original dramatisation follows the train as it's stopped dead in its tracks at midnight. The train's stranded passengers soon become suspects as the race to uncover the murderer begins before he or she strikes again.

This all-star production features lead performances from Tom Conti (The Dark Knight Rises, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) as Hercule Poirot, Sophie Okonedo (After Earth, Hotel Rwanda and Ace Ventura) and Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes, V for Vendetta and Hancock) plus a full supporting cast and even sound effects recorded on the Orient Express itself.

Starring: Tom Conti as Hercule Poirot, Sophie Okonedo as Mary Debenham, Paterson Joseph as Colonel Arbuthnot, Walles Hamonde as Hector Macqueen, Jay Benedict as Monsieur Bouc, Jane Asher as Mrs Hubbard, Rula Lenska as Princess Dragonioff, Ruta Gedmintas as Countess Andrenyi, Eddie Marsan as Ratchett and Art Malik as the Narrator.

Also featuring: Marie Rabe, John Chancer, Cedric Cirotteau, Andreas Karras, Barnabas Reti, Cristina Catalina, Greg Canestrari, Harry Hadden-Paton, Christope Delesques, Atilla Akinci, Hakan Silahsiz and Jeff Gerard.

Mitch

An intriguing and shocking mystery!

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2024

This was an extremely well written book! I was confused at first and it took me a while, but I eventually became attatched and couldnt stop reading this book. It can be a bit confusing when they talk in French, but I was still able to understand the situation. The end was very shocking! Poirot was very impressive with figuring out the mystery of who did it, when, why, ect. I strongly recommend this book!

Amazon Customer

Murder on the Orient Express

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2024

Great fun, and as always well written, and enjoyable.

AmznAddict

First time Agatha Christie reader.... what a breath of fresh air!

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2016

I am an Agatha Christie n00b. I like all kinds of mystery/ thrillers and have recently finished the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovitch and have now moved on to the Alex Cross series by James Patterson. I had just finished book 2 of Alex Cross when I decided I wanted a break from the modern thrillers. I think with the modern writers, the author feels like they have to have that crazy twist and after a while you just start thinking about the craziest twist the author could pull, and thus it becomes predictable. I still enjoy those books, but how cow this book was like a breath of fresh air. I can't believe I have never read or seen an Agatha Christie story before, I had heard of her but for some reason had no interest. Well, that was a big mistake. Huge.

On to the book: My favorite part about the whole book is how logical everything is, and how well it flows. Poirot's problem solving process feels like a professor walking you through a complex math problem, breaking everything down step by step. You can only move on if the previous step is logical. I like that a lot, it feels like Sherlock Holmes but much more orderly, and without compromising the suspense of it all. Poirot is a very likable protagonist, he empathizes with everyone and yet he is so uncompromising with his own logic and principles. He is very gentlemanly and charming, and this is going to sound so corny but as I was reading this it almost felt like he was my mentor teaching me how to solve this mystery on my own.

I may give out SPOILERS from this point on.

I loved, LOVED the plot. It had hints of An Inspector Calls and Twelve Angry Men, both were great stories with complex character development. They all do start out a little slow, but it's always just enough to keep you going and then- BAM! It starts to snowball before you know it, and you can't put the book down. I don't know what else to say, except this book really has a good beginning, middle and end. I found the ending thoroughly satisfying. I liked that it made logical sense for them to come to the conclusion that they agreed upon.

If you haven't already read this book, don't wait any longer! I solidly recommend it.

Amazon Customer

The Best of the Best

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2014

Can I say "WOW!" It's not news that Agatha Christie is a maestro of the mystery writing and I don't think it can be a surprise to anyone that her novels are excellent, especially when it comes to one of the most beloved detectives in the world - Hercule Poirot. Nonetheless, every time I read one of her books I get reminded why Ms. Christie is the classic when it comes down to traditional mystery.

When I first picked up this book, I vaguely remembered watching the movie, but as it usually happens I really could not remember the ending. Which is very important in reading the mystery!!! So, I was pretty confident that I'm going to enjoy whatever comes along. It started out slowly and not overwhelmingly exciting, as we used to by now with all those blockbuster movies that open with the bang and 30-second trailers that overload our brains with too much information. They even write books in that style nowadays: shock the reader and keep it running, shooting, screaming, etc., etc., until we get a headache and call it a night. It's almost like a competition of who gives up first - the writer who keeps telling us evermore shocking things or the reader who slumps with exhaustion and takes a sleeping pill at night to ward off any coming nightmares.

However, Ms. Christie is an old-style writer. She takes her time to develop the story and the characters. It might start our slow, but it picks up as you get engrossed in the plot. And the ending? Well, you never see it coming! One thing I really enjoy about Ms. Christie's writing is her very descriptive language which magically transports you into the scene (of luxury Orient Express in 1930s, in this scenario), but at the same time it's not overly burdensome that you loose interest in the plot over all the minuscule details. It's just right. A bit of a tip, search Orient Express online and you will see what it really looked like to get some visuals of the scene and help with all of the movements/actions that transpire during the story.

I thoroughly enjoyed every page of this masterfully written novel. I would think anybody who has every watched Hercule Poirot TV-series (with David Suchet) will appreciate reading the original masterpiece. And as to "whodunnit", well, you'll have to read to the end!

Alan and Emily

Entertaining, classic mystery kept me guessing

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2023

5 stars for Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie.

Detective Hercule Poirot resolves a case in Syria and must forego his planned few days of relaxation after being urgently called back to London regarding a new development in a separate case. He is able to obtain last-minute accommodations on the Orient Express train with the help of a rail company executive and friend, but they are forced to stop unexpectedly in the countryside of Yugoslavia during a blizzard and must wait days for snow to be cleared from the tracks.

During the night, a passenger is murdered in their sleeping car! The door is locked from the inside. The window is open, but there are no footprints in the snow. The murderer must be one of the other passengers, but who?! And why?

Murder on the Orient Express has a wide range of interesting suspects and the always clever (and he knows it) French Detective Poirot. The rail company executive Bauc and Dr. Constantine try to help Poirot determine who the murderer is, but of course every new piece of information changes their suspicions and adds to the complexity of the case.

This classic mystery is a very entertaining story with a satisfying ending, and it truly kept me guessing until nearly the end.

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