Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie

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I pray that you are doing well 🙏. Things look grey in India, people are dying due to COVID and lack of oxygen everywhere. I truly feel grateful to be born in a family, wherein I have a home, family, food and moreover health in this crucial time. Please take all the precautions and have faith in God. Remember this too shall pass😔. My condolences to all who have died in this fight🌹. 
      I was preoccupied with work, this month almost completely and hence no post. Will try to be consistent.
      I am somewhat familiar with Agatha Christie's body of work,  that she wrote detective, murder , mystery stories. And also watched an old movie adaptation of the novel "and then there were none". So, happen to pick this one.


The story begins, with a famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot traveling from Syria to Stamboul by the sleeping car(train) Taurus Express 🚂, He was summoned here by an officer on a case, having closed it successfully, was on his way to home. But after arriving at Stamboul, he gets a telegram to make haste and come to London, due to unexpected developments in a case. So, he quickly moves to catch Orient express, wherein the tickets were arranged by a friend in power M Bouc, who also happens to be taking the same train. 
   After a night in train, there is a murder and the clues and alibis of the people are too perfect and yet don't make sense. 
Can Poirot identify the murderer , with limited resources, his senses and word of the passengers ? This is for you to find out!

  Having read Sherlock Holmes stories, this might not be that engaging as those. I don't have a problem with that, but where I loose my interest is when, actions just keep repeating in stories, that for me makes the story dull. It makes the story predictable and I tend to loose interest. Nonetheless the deductions at the end are great, some very interesting characters and some really annoying ones as well. This was an okay read. 

 Thanks for reading, untill next time 🌹

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