书名：Murder on the Orient Express 东方快车谋杀案难度：Lexile

蓝思阅读指数640L

作者：Agatha Christie阿加莎·克里斯蒂

出版社名称：HarperCollins

出版时间：2001

语种：英文

ISBN：9780007119318

商品尺寸：11.1 x1.8 x 17.8 cm

包装：简装

页数：240

Murder on the Orient Express《东方快车谋杀案》是英国推理作家阿加莎·克里斯蒂创作的小说，为赫尔克里·波洛系列作品之一。本书被广泛地认为是阿加莎·克里斯蒂杰出与著名的作品之一，被多次改编为电影、舞台剧。 ★阿加莎·克里斯蒂无可争议的侦探小说女王，侦探文学史上伟大的作家 ★本书以1932年轰动一时的真实案件“林白之子绑架案”为蓝本 ★阿加莎代表作之一，淋漓展现了作者刻画人物群像的深厚功力 ★英格丽·褒曼凭借本书改编的电影获得奥斯卡奖，英国女王出席该片首映礼 Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Review"What more...can a mystery addict desire?"--New York Times "A brilliantly ingenious story."--Dorothy L. Sayers, Daily Herald (UK) "It's tempting to say that Agatha Christie is a genius and let it go at that, but the world's had plenty of geniuses. Agatha Christie is something special."--Lawrence Block, New York Times bestselling author "[Moves] smoothly and entertainingly to its surprise conclusion."--Chicago Daily Tribune "Nothing short of swell. [Christie] is probably the best suspicion scatterer and diverter in the business."--New York Herald Tribune "Need it be said--the little grey cells solve once more the seemingly insoluble. Mrs Christie makes an improbable tale very real, and keeps her readers enthralled and guessing to the end."--Times Literary Supplement (London) "Agatha Christie's books are both wonderful crime novels and studies in contrast and duality, and I adore them still. Underestimate them at your peril."--Louise Penny, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Inspector Gamache novels "Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction."--Tana French, New York Times-bestselling author of the Dublin Murder Squad novels

Murder on the Orient Express《东方快车谋杀案》以1932年轰动一时的真实案件“林白之子绑架案”为蓝本。 侦探波洛在叙利亚完成了一项委托，要搭乘辛普朗号东方快车回国。奇怪的是，似乎全世界的人都选在那一夜出行，这列铺位一向宽裕的豪华列车竟然一票难求。 午夜过后，一场大雪迫使辛普朗号停了下来。第二天一早，大家发现少了一名乘客。一个美国人死在了他的包厢里，他被刺了十二刀，可他包厢的门却是反锁着的。随着调查的深入，案情却似乎更加扑朔迷离，大侦探波洛想出了两种截然不同的解释…… Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside.  Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer— in case he or she decides to strike again. 

无可争议的侦探小说女王，侦探文学伟大的作家之一。 阿加莎·克里斯蒂原名为阿加莎·玛丽·克拉丽莎·米勒，一八九○年九月十五日生于英国德文郡托基的阿什菲尔德宅邸。她几乎没有接受过正规的教育，但酷爱阅读，尤其痴迷于歇洛克·福尔摩斯的故事。 第1次世界大战期间，阿加莎·克里斯蒂成了一名志愿者。战争结束后，她创作了自己的第1部侦探小说《斯泰尔斯庄园奇案》。几经周折，作品于一九二○正式出版，由此开启了克里斯蒂辉煌的创作生涯。一九二六年，《罗杰疑案》由哈珀柯林斯出版公司出版。这部作品一举奠定了阿加莎·克里斯蒂在侦探文学领域不可撼动的地位。之后，她又陆续出版了《东方快车谋杀案》、《ABC谋杀案》、《尼罗河上的惨案》、《无人生还》、《阳光下的罪恶》等脍炙人口的作品。时至今日，这些作品依然是世界侦探文学宝库里宝贵的财富。根据她的小说改编而成的舞台剧《捕鼠器》，已经成为世界上公演场次很多的剧目；而在影视改编方面，《东方快车谋杀案》为英格丽·褒曼斩获奥斯卡大奖，《尼罗河上的惨案》更是成为了几代人心目中的经典。 阿加莎·克里斯蒂的创作生涯持续了五十余年，总共创作了八十部侦探小说。她的作品畅销全世界一百多个国家和地区，累计销量已经突破二十亿册。她创造的小胡子侦探波洛和老处女侦探马普尔小姐为读者津津乐道。阿加莎·克里斯蒂是柯南·道尔之后伟大的侦探小说作家，是侦探文学黄金时代的开创者和集大成者。一九七一年，英国女王授予克里斯蒂爵士称号，以表彰其不朽的贡献。 Agatha Christiewas an English crime novelist, short story writer and playwright. She was born in Torquay in 1890 and became the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, the most popular detective since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime and her works have sold over two billion copies—80 crime books, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.

Chapter 1 AnImportant Passenger On TheTaurusExpress It was five o’clock on a winter’s morning in Syria. Alongside the platform at Aleppo stood the train grandly designated in railway guides as the Taurus Express. It consisted of a kitchen and dining car, a sleeping car and two local coaches. By the step leading up into the sleeping car stood a young French lieutenant, resplendent in uniform, conversing with a small lean man, muffled up to the ears, of whom nothing was visible but a pink-tipped nose and the two points of an upward curled moustache. It was freezingly cold, and this job of seeing off a distinguished stranger was not one to be envied, but Lieutenant Dubosc performed his part manfully. Graceful phrases fell from his lips in polished French. Not that he knew what it was all about. There had been rumours, of course, as there always were in such cases. The General—his General’s—temper had grown worse and worse. And then there had come this Belgian stranger—all the way from England, it seemed. There had been a week—a week of curious tensity. And then certain things had happened. A very distinguished officer had committed suicide, another had resigned—anxious faces had suddenly lost their anxiety, certain military precautions were relaxed. And the General—Lieutenant Dubosc’s own particular General—had suddenly looked ten years younger. Dubosc had overheard part of a conversation between him and the stranger. “You have saved us, mon cher,” said the General emotionally, his great white moustache trembling as he spoke. “You have saved the honour of the French Army—you have averted much bloodshed! How can I thank you for acceding to my request? To have come so far—”.