Murder on the Orient Express [movie Tie-In] Lib/E: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)

Product Description<br/><br/><br/>A new recording of the most widely read mystery of all time, performed by Kenneth Branagh.<br/>Now a major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox, releasing November 10, 2017 and directed by Kenneth Branagh.<br/>"The murderer is with us - on the train now..."<br/>Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer.<br/>"What more . . . can a mystery addict desire?"--New York Times<br/><br/><br/>Review<br/><br/><br/>[Moves] smoothly and entertainingly to its surprise conclusion.-- "Chicago Daily Tribune"<br/><br/><br/>A brilliantly ingenious story. -- "Dorothy L. Sayers, New York Times bestselling author"<br/><br/><br/>Kenneth Branagh offers a full-cast performance all by himself in this delicious production of a 1934 Christie classic that is often remembered only for its film adaptations. What a pleasure to encounter the author's original intent and be reminded of how cleverly she devised plots and characters... In between his fine, warm narration, Branagh becomes a fretful American lady, a nervous French train steward, a haughty Russian countess, an Italian laborer, and many more. In conversation, it's breathtaking. Make it your next listen. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.-- "AudioFile"<br/><br/><br/>Need it be said-the little grey cells solve once more the seemingly insoluble. Mrs. Christie...keeps her readers enthralled and guessing to the end.-- "Times Literary Supplement (London)"<br/><br/><br/>Nothing short of swell. [Christie] is probably the best suspicion scatterer and diverter in the business.-- "New York Herald Tribune"<br/><br/><br/>About the Author<br/><br/><br/>Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was a British crime writer best known for her detective novels and short stories. According to Guinness World Records, she is the best-selling novelist of all time, her novels having sold over four billion copies and having been translated into more than one hundred languages. The Agatha Award for best mystery and crime writers was named in her honor.<br/><br/><br/>Kenneth Branagh was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is the founder of the Renaissance Theatre Company, which boasts Prince Charles as one of its patrons, and is an Academy Award-nominated actor and director. He has brought Shakespeare to the mainstream in such major films as Hamlet, Much Ado about Nothing, and Henry V. He is also an Earphones Award-winning narrator.