Love trains and can’t get enough of mysteries? Why not combine the two!
Here are four of the best ever train mysteries that would make you either hop on or off a train.Â
Bullet Train: A Novel
Bullet Train is a thriller by the bestselling Japanese author, Kotaro Isaka. The story follows the perilous train ride of five highly motivated assassins. Satoshi — The Prince might looks like an innocent schoolboy but he is a devious assassin and risk fuels him. Kimura, whose young son is in a coma because of The Prince, has tracked him onto a bullet train for revenge. The train is heading from Tokyo to Morioka. Soon, Kimura discovers that there are more dangerous passengers in the train. Nanao, also known as Ladybug is sent by his boss on the train to steal a suitcase of money and get off at the first stop. A lethal duo named Tangerine and Lemon are also travelling to Morioka on this train. The suitcase prompts everyone to show their hands. Why are they all aboard the same train, and who will survive?Â
Strangers on a Train: A NovelÂ
Strangers on a Train: A Novel is written by Patricia Highsmith. Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno both ride the same train. Haines is a successful architect going through a divorce, and Bruno is a mysterious guy with an offer to murder Haines’s wife in if Haines kills Bruno’s father. When Bruno carried out the twisted plan, he find himself trapped in Highsmith’s dangerous world where people are capable of committing great crime given the right circumstances.Â
Murder on the Orient ExpressÂ
Murder on the Orient Express is one of the greatest mystery novels by the popular author, Agatha Christie. A snowdrift halts the Orient Express after midnight.Â
For this time of year, the opulent train is surprisingly packed. But by morning, there is one less person on board. An American businessman who had been stabbed a dozen times lies dead in his compartment with a locked door from the inside. Detective Hercule Poirot must find the murderer in this isolated place before he decides to commit another murder.
The Mystery of the Blue Train: Hercule Poirot InvestigatesÂ
The Mystery of the Blue Train from Hercule Poirot series, is another masterpiece by the queen of mystery, Agatha Christie. Hercule Poirot becomes entangled in a case of robbery and brutal murder aboard a luxurious train. A guard makes an attempt to awaken Ruth Kettering when the opulent Blue Train arrives in Nice. She was killed by a powerful blow that nearly disfigured her features beyond recognition. Besides, her priceless rubies are gone. Derek, Ruth’s estranged husband, is the main suspect. Hercule Poirot, however, is not convinced and sets up an eerie reenactment of the journey with the murderer on-board.
What are your favorite train mysteries of all time?