Agatha Christie is purported to be the best-selling novelist of all time, and it's easy to see why. Her books are quick reads (under 200 pages), suspenseful, and well-written, not relying on things like sex, violence, or gore to keep the reader interested. She wrote over 60 novels during her life.
The Murder on The Orient Express takes place, as the title implies, on a train from the Middle East heading over the Balkans to Europe. A man with a dark past finally gets what's coming to him. As it's a murder mystery, I don't want to give anything away by further discussing the plot.
It's well done, and a worthy read. I think I can discuss the very end without saying too much- when the murderer is revealed, the detectives involved let the person off the hook, insinuating that the victim deserved his punishment. I agree, but at that point, the book just ends, and it would have been interesting to mull over that last point a bit more- the book basically endorses, in some cases, a vigilante-style justice. But, perhaps I'm trying to make Christie something she's not- her works are best read as suspenseful whodunnits, and nothing more. On that note, she succeeds.
Rating: A
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