THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIMENOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH AND PRODUCED BY RIDLEY SCOTTThe murderer is with uson the train now 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 Without a shred of doubt one of his fellow passengers is the murdererIsolated by the storm detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man s enemies before the murderer decides to strike againWhat more can a mystery addict desire New York Times