The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford

I thought this book would have some kind of mystery that that would inspire Agatha Christe to write one her mystery books.

I didn't have a clue what the book was about when I started to read this book. However, I do think it is fun to find a well-known person scuttling about in the pages of a modern novel, if the writer can do it well-and Lindsay Jayne Ashford does. I cannot say I am a true fan of Christie, although I have read and enjoyed a number of her books. I have never pictured her as a beautiful woman, having seen mostly older photographs, but a quick google of her showed a young woman who might have turned many of the heads around her. I hope the real Agatha Christie recovered from her divorce and all the publicity of her mysterious disappearance that made headlines and heartaches. I found each of the women fascinating in their own right, such different personalities, but showing that all experiences are universal.most of us have stood on one side or the other and failed to examine the flip side of the coin. I needed a palate cleanser after two many hard, serious books, and this little gem was just the ticket. Ashford's imagination of what might have happened on Agatha's voyage on the Orient Express in 1928 felt true and possible, and what more can you ask? I think Agatha Christie would be delighted to find herself a fictional character involved in an oriental adventure in the company of two other women that she just happened to meet on a train.

The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford