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Murder on the Orient Express : a Hercule Poirot mystery / Agatha Christie.

Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 (Author).

Summary:

"Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer"--Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062838629
ISBN: 0062838628
ISBN: 9780062689665
ISBN: 0062689665
Physical Description: vi, 265 pages ; 22 cm.
Edition: First William Morrow hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2017.
Copyright: ©1934

Content descriptions

General Note:

"This title was previously published as Murder in the Calais Coach"--Title page verso.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Facts. The important passenger on the Taurus Express -- The Tokatlian Hotel -- Poirot refuses a case -- A cry in the night -- The crime -- A woman? -- The body -- The Armstrong kidnapping case -- The Evidence. The evidence of the wagon lit conductor -- The evidence of the secretary -- The evidence of the valet -- The evidence of the American lady -- The evidence of the Swedish lady -- The evidence of the Russian princess -- The evidence of Count and Countess Andrenyi -- The evidence of Colonel Arbuthnot -- The evidence of Mr. Hardman -- The evidence of the Italian -- The evidence of Miss Debenham -- The evidence of the German lady's maid -- Summary of the passengers' evidence -- The evidence of the weapon -- The evidence of the passengers' luggage -- Hercule Poirot Sits Back and Thinks. Which of them? -- Ten questions -- Certain suggestive points -- The grease spot on a Hungarian passport -- The christian name of Princess Dragomiroff -- A second interview with Colonel Arbuthnot -- The identity of Mary Debenham -- Further surprising revelations -- Poirot propounds two solutions.