Murder on the Orient Express

In the footsteps of Agatha Christie

21 October, 2017

When Kenneth Branagh’s big screen version of Murder on the Orient Express comes to British cinemas on 3 November, another generation of crime fiction fans will have the chance to sit back and marvel at the dark imagination of Golden Age crime author Agatha Christie,…

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Murder on the Orient Express - the big interview

By crimefictionlover

5 October, 2017

There’s less than a month to go before the new remake of Murder on the Orient Express appears in cinemas, and we’re getting excited. We know Crime Fiction Lover readers are too, because you keep telling us. As a consequence, we’ve been pestering the film’s…

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CIS: Murder on the Orient Express hits the big screen, again

By Philip Rafferty

19 September, 2017

Murder on the Orient Express is probably Agatha Christie’s best known novel, and is one that clearly sets out her approach to mystery writing but with a twist. We are not confined to a manor house this time, but on a train travelling from the…

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Vicki Weisfeld: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction

By Vicki Weisfeld

19 June, 2015

Today, our contributor Vicki Weisfeld tells us how she got hooked on crime fiction. You can read what our other contributors have said here. Three big reasons account for my love of crime fiction: early exposure, constant reading, and better and better stories from the…

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Express train to death - Railways in crime fiction

By DavidPrestidge

27 January, 2015

One of this month’s big crime releases is The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. And when you think about it, railways have often featured as a backdrop in crime fiction. Murder on the Orient Express is, perhaps, the archetypal Golden Age crime novel,…

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CIS: The perfect Poirot primer

By DeathBecomesHer

6 September, 2014

Name three famous Belgians… A tough ask, I know, and one that may tax your little grey cells. Wait! There’s a clue! And as a lover of crime fiction, you’ll surely have used it to come up with the world’s number one Belgian. That’s right…

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CIS: Sophie Hannah to write new Poirot

By crimefictionlover

15 September, 2013

You may have read it in the news. There’s going to be a new Hercule Poirot novel, and it’s going to be written by the British author Sophie Hannah. Normally a writer of psychological thrillers, the opportunity to write a Poirot story and follow in…

Crime Fiction Lover

In the footsteps of Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express - the big interview

CIS: Murder on the Orient Express hits the big screen, again

Vicki Weisfeld: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction

Express train to death - Railways in crime fiction

CIS: The perfect Poirot primer

CIS: Sophie Hannah to write new Poirot

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