Murder on the Orient Express [Movie Tie-in]

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh

A new recording of the most widely read mystery of all time, performed by Kenneth Branagh.

Now a major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox, releasing November 10, 2017 and directed by Kenneth Branagh.

“The murderer is with us - on 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. One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer.

“What more . . . can a mystery addict desire?”—New York Times

A Perfect Read Apart from the Americans

I'm a great admirer of Kenneth Branagh as an actor and was thrilled to get his reading of my most re-read Agatha Christie. His reading is of course first rate so far as Poirot and the Europeans, but the American accents on Mrs. Hubbard and Hector MacQueen are a distracting absurdity that really breaks your focus every time it occurs. You're no longer listening to the text but at that weird verbal mash many Brits do as an American accent. This is surprising in that Branagh did a superb California accent 25 years ago in Dead Again. I can't imagine what happened, but it's not good.
Speaking of Mr. MacQueen, Christie repeats many times what a likable and affable young man he is. Perhaps Branagh was thinking of his movie casting, because none of that comes through.

Classic story, amazing performance

Not going to go into the story much. It's a classic, it's well done, if you like mysteries you should check it out. Kenneth Branagh's performance is extraordinary, he's excellent at voices, and I particularly like his Poirot.

I loved the accents and the story

The accents helped distinguish the characters and kept me more entertained. I was assigned to read the book because of summer reading and it turned out to be really good. I was suprised I thought it was good because mystery books aren't my genre.

Kenneth Branagh rocks!

If you could sum up Murder on the Orient Express [Movie Tie-in] in three words, what would they be?

Clever, entertaining, bravura performance

What was one of the most memorable moments of Murder on the Orient Express [Movie Tie-in]?

How all the clues (seen and unseen) fit together at the end like a jig saw puzzle

What about Kenneth Branagh’s performance did you like?

His voice. He speaks every language beautifully.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Intriguing.

Didn't love the ending, but was definitely fun

We really enjoyed li sening to this audio book on our last road trip. when we got home we sat and listened till the end. Excited to watch the movie now.