Murder in Eastern Express. The murder of Roger Ekroyd. A set of 2 books. Christie A.

A set of 2 books by Agatha Christie: “Murder in the Eastern Express,“ Murder of Roger Ekroyd ”

Two most difficult investigations of the great Erkul Poiro.

I was in Istanbul The great detective Erkul Poiro returns to England on the famous "Eastern Express", in which representatives of all possible nationalities go along with him. One of the passengers, an unpleasant American named Ratchett, offers Poirot to become his bodyguard, because he believes that he should be killed. The famous Belgian brings herself up from this absurd request. And the next day, the American is found dead in his compartment, and the doors are closed, and the window is open. Poirot immediately takes up the investigation - and finds out that the compartment is full of all kinds of evidence indicating... almost all passengers of the Eastern Express. In addition, the train burns tightly in snow drifts in a deserted place. Poirot needs to find the killer before the express continues his way...

“The murder of Roger Ekroyd” is a novel that occupies the third place in the world ranking of the detectives of Agatha Christie after “ten Negrit” and “Murders in the“ Eastern Express ” ". Recognized as the best detective of all times and peoples according to the Association of Writers of the Criminal Genre in 2013. Before Christie, no one could think of using such an original plot move, distracting attention and diverting suspicion from a real criminal. Dexterously, Lady Agatha circled the reader around the finger!

The novel is filmed under the name "Alibi" in the UK in 1931, in Russia came out under the name "Poirot's failure", director Sergey Ursulyak, 2002.