Murder on the Orient Express A murder is discovered, and Poirot's trip home to London from the Middle East is interrupted to solve the murder. The US title of "Murder in the Calais Coach" was used to avoid confusion with the 1932 Graham Greene novel "Stamboul Train" which had been published in the United States as "Orient Express". After taking the Taurus Express from Aleppo in Syria to Istanbul, private detective Hercule Poirot arrives at the Tokatlian Hotel. There he receives a telegram prompting him to return to London. He instructs the concierge to book a first-class compartment on the Simplon-route Orient Express service, leaving
One of Us (novel) he finds himself burdened with a memory of a murder he is forced to find the real culprit and face up to his own past mistakes. One unusual element of the book is that all electrical appliances have been fitted with a voice and AI similar to those used in his first novel "Only Forward". Antony Johnston of "Spike Magazine" wrote that old and new readers of Smith's novels would enjoy "One of Us" while Publishers Weekly said that the novel would shock readers about what their personal dreams could mean. One of Us (novel) One of Us is a