The celebrated crime author Agatha Christie secretly boards the legendary Orient Express under a false name to travel to Baghdad. She is in a crisis, wanting to forget the scandal surrounding her divorce and determined not to be recognized. It is only when she meets the archaeologist Katharina and the young Nancy on the train that she feels the journey could be a new beginning for her. Filled with a sense of adventure, she decides to visit Katharina at her excavation site in Mesopotamia. A fateful decision, as it turns out. This biographical novel revolves around one of the most famous figures in English literature, taking us into the world of the Orient with all its exotic customs, fascinating contradictions, and millennia-old culture.