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Hi bookworm!
Every month we review and recommend a great book for you to practice reading in English. The language in these books is not complex from a literary point of view, but they do require a certain level of understanding.
Murder on the Orient Express is a classic whodunnit. “Whodunnit” is the way we pronounce “Who did it” and it means a mystery novel where the detective has to discover who did the crime.
| Reading Level | Intermediate |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Length (pages) | 336 |
| Original Date of Publishing | 1934 |
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This classic detective novel tells the story of a murder committed in the middle of the night on a train traveling from the Far East to Europe.
While the train is stuck in a snowdrift, the identities, motives and alibis of the passengers/suspects are investigated by the renowned Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, traveling to England on business.
As Poirot delves into the mystery of what happened that fateful night, the novel explores themes relating to the nature of justice, the power of family ties, and the inevitable triumph of logic.
Murder on the Orient Express is the most famous Hercule Poirot mystery.
We highly recommend it!
Vocabulary
Novel – a long written story usually about imaginary characters and events.
Committed – to do (something that is illegal or harmful).
Stuck – in a place or situation that is difficult or impossible to get out of.
Snowdrift – a hill of snow that is formed by wind.
Alibi – a claim that you cannot be guilty of a crime because you were somewhere else when the crime was committed.
Renowned – known and admired by many people for some special quality or achievement.
Delves – to search for information about something.
Fateful – having important results.
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