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Murder on the Orient Express A Hercule Poirot Mystery By Agatha Christie

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Pages: 227
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Course: Education
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Murder on the Orient Express is one of Agatha Christie's most famous detective novels, featuring her iconic Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. [1, 2]

Core Premise

Setting: The luxurious Orient Express train.
Situation: The train is stopped by a heavy snowdrift in Yugoslavia.
Inciting Incident: An American millionaire, Samuel Ratchett, is found stabbed to death in his locked compartment.
The Challenge: The killer is still on the train, trapped by the snow, meaning one of the passengers is the murderer. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

The Mystery and Investigation

The Victim: Poirot discovers that Samuel Ratchett was actually Lanfranco Cassetti. Cassetti was a notorious criminal who kidnapped and murdered a young child, Daisy Armstrong, in America, but escaped justice on a technicality. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
The Suspects: The passengers represent a diverse, international group of various social classes, including a princess, a countess, a governess, a valet, and a salesman. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The Clues: Poirot uncovers a series of confusing and contradictory clues, including a burnt note mentioning the Armstrong case, a dropped pipe cleaner, a matching grease spot, and a handkerchief with the letter "H." [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
The Alibis: Almost every passenger provides an alibi for another, creating a seemingly impossible web of timelines. [1]