A comic adaptation of the world-famous crime novel. Winter 1937. Shortly after midnight, a snowdrift forces the Orient Express to stop on an open stretch of track. The luxury train is surprisingly full for this time of year, but by early morning, one of the passengers is found dead. An American magnate has died from a dozen knife wounds, and the door to his compartment is locked from the inside. Detective Hercule Poirot then leads the investigation in the train cut off from the outside world. Agatha Christie (1890-1976) created the character of Hercule Poirot in her first crime novel and achieved immediate success. The "Queen of Crime" wrote 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, which have been translated into around 100 languages and sold over two billion copies to date.