Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the United States, it was published on 28 February 1934, under the title of "Murder in the Calais Coach," by Dodd, Mead and Company. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the U.S. edition at $2.00. The elegant train of the 1930s, the Orient Express, is stopped by heavy snowfall, with many passengers.
The Silence of Murder The Silence of Murder The Silence of Murder () is a mystery novel for teen readers written by American author Dandi Daley Mackall and published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (now owned by Penguin Random House) on 11 October 2011. The book later went on to win the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult in 2012. The story centers on the murder of John Johnson, a beloved small-town high school teacher and basketball coach. The only suspect is Jeremy Long, a student at the school who has been mute for almost a decade. Jeremy's younger sister Hope believes her brother