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  When the Train-berth becomes Deathbed! The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances. Rating: 4.5/5 Genre: Murder, mystery, crime A classic mystery indeed! Murder on the Orient Express , the runner-up of World's Favorite Agatha Christie global fan-voting contest, is my gateway to Hercule Poirot . I've heard great things about his sharp brain and consequently I had high hopes. So after reading, I can scream in relief  'cause THIS BOOK SMASHED IT! What more can a reader ask for? Wherever a detective goes, crime follows him, even a train can not refrain. When The Orient Express got stuck in a snowdrift, amidst passengers' hustle and bustle, a murder was committed in midnight. A man was found stabbed 12 times in his compartment, the same one Poirot was travelling in.  He couldn't rest without analyzing the fatal murder. A scrap of paper, a failed attempt of burning it down, revealed a mischievous deed of th...

TEN Strangers, all under ONE Roof! There was something magical about an island-the mere word suggested fantasy. You lost touch with the world-an island was a world of its own. A world, perhaps from which you might never return. Rating: 5/5 Genre: Murder, mystery, crime, psychological thriller, dark.  WOW!! What an incredible book! I've been wanting to get into Agatha Christie novels for a while but couldn't decide where to start. A little googling and I knew what I want to read first- And Then There Were None, World's most favorite Christie-Mystery ! Ten people get invitation from a U. N. Owen to Soldier Island, a barren island clouded with numerous speculations regarding its ownership. The invitation, being considerable enough, assembled the Ten Strangers into Soldier Island under one roof without the Host. But things took a turn when a perilous gramophone record played and the individuals realized that the dark secret each of them guarded all along, is not a secret any...