Read Murder on the Orient Express

Ten strangers on an island die one by one; Christie's best-selling book.

Sam Spade and the black bird; the hard-boiled detective novel in its first form.

Philip Marlowe's first case in a corrupt Los Angeles; Chandler's similes.

A murder among Ottoman miniaturists in 1591 Istanbul, told by everyone including the colour red.

Six classics students at a Vermont college and the murder they commit; Donna Tartt's debut.

A disgraced journalist and a hacker investigate a forty-year-old disappearance; Larsson's Millennium trilogy begins.

Chris Sawyer's original: trains, buses and a rival to run out of business.

Draw your own track on the map with a crayon, then race the trains you built.