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Christie, Agatha.
Murder on the Orient Express.
Publisher: Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex;
Date of Publication: 1948
Stock Code: 15140
First Penguin edition. Softcover octavo, pp. 222, [2]. Original green-and-white card wraps. Occasional touches of creasing and wear to edges and corners, with a print offsetting to lower cover panel. Tiny spilt to base of spine. Penguin number 689. Christie’s classic mystery, featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who is called in to solve the case of a murder committed on the luxury train whilst stranded by heavy snowfall, creating the perfect closed set of suspects. Partly inspired by Christie’s own experiences travelling on the Orient Express, the who-dunnit has been adapted for radio, stage and screen many times and remains one of the Queen of Crime’s best-known works. £35.00