"It is close to midnight when the snow accumulated on the tracks interrupts the journey of the East Express, the world's most famous and luxurious passenger train, linking Asia to Europe.
On board, millionaires, aristocrats, servants - and a murderer. But in the same wagon is none other than Hercule Poirot. It will be up to the meticulous detective to investigate all the passengers and discover the identity of the daring criminal. Christie proposes a fascinating plot along the lines of the classic sub-genre of the locked room, where the crime takes place in an isolated place, and suspicion falls on everyone present. "